Speaker or author: Ward, Samuel Ringgold, b. 1817
Newspaper or publication: Manchester Examiner and Times
Speech against the precepts of the Fugitive Slave Law. The speaker noted that there were some church denominations that countenanced slavery and that this discouraged abolition in the U.S. (Speech 15626 is a duplicate of this speech.)
Description of file(s): PDF 1 page, 293 word document (text and image)
Date published: 1854
Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery; United States--History--19th century
Keywords: Canada; Church; fugitive; Fugitive Slave Law; Parker Pillsbury; William Wells Brown
People: Brown, William Wells; Pillsbury, Parker
Publication type: Newspapers; Speeches