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Speaker or author: Morris, Emmanuel, waiter

Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman

Brief speech delivered by a black waiter during a meeting of "colored citizens of St. Catharines." The speaker stressed the prejudice and insults he and other hotel employees had suffered from both employers and customers.

Description of file(s): PDF 1 page, 158 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: Civil rights; prejudice

Publication type: Newspapers; Speeches

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