University Archives

Speaker or author: Gross, Theodore, Rev.

Newspaper or publication: Watchman and Weslayan Advertiser

Detailed account of one man's experience with slavery.

Description of file(s): PDF 8 page, 2,255 word document (text and images)

Date published: 1860

Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery; United States--History--19th century

Keywords: Africa; auction; children; Christianity; Henry Ward Beecher; Lewis Smith; liberty; mulatto; property; women

People: Beecher, Henry Ward; Smith, Lewis

Publication type: Newspapers; Speeches

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