Speaker or author: Garnet, Henry Highland, 1815-1882
Newspaper or publication: Gateshead Observer
Passionate speech regarding the suffering of human beings under slavery in the U.S. The speaker emphasized the abuses and injustices inflicted upon "... as many human beings held in bondage in the United States as there were inhabitants...in all Scotland."
Description of file(s): PDF 5 page, 1,246 word document (text and images)
Date published: 1850
Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery; United States--History--19th century
Keywords: Africa; bondage; Canada; contentment; England; freedom; John Wesley; labor; liberty; Lord Brougham; property; slave trade; William Wilberforce
People: Wesley, John; Wilberforce, William
Publication type: Newspapers; Speeches