Speaker or author: Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873
Newspaper or publication: Frederick Douglass' Paper
Speech comparing the fugitive slave rescue experiences in Syracuse with similar rescues in Boston. The speaker stressed that injustices and prejudices are not only prevalent in both cities, but in the entire country.
Description of file(s): PDF 3 page, 754 word document (text and images)
(page1).jpg.jpg "View item details")
Title: Colored American - April 29, 1837
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The editor praises the New York American newspaper for adding at the end of a report regarding an attempted rescue of a fugitive slave, that not all African Americans condone breaking the law in this manner.
Description of file(s): one scanned, one columned, newspaper page