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Speaker or author: Craft, William

Newspaper or publication: Presscopy -- John Rylands Library -- Manchester, England -- Anti-Slavery Pamphlets

Speech recounting the speakers experience with slavery and his remarkable escape. The speaker emphasized the accepting way the people in England treat fugitive slaves and compared that with how they are treated in the U.S.

Description of file(s): PDF 3 page, 1,557 word document (text and images)

Date published: 1859-10-14

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

Keywords: bondman; British; Christianity; emancipation; England; freedom; Fugitive Slave Law; London Emancipation Committee; prejudice

Organization: London Emancipation Committee

Publication type: Speeches; Text

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