Speaker or author: Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884
Newspaper or publication: Manchester Examiner and Times
Speech delivered before a British audience denouncing the Fugitive Slave Law, and emphasizing the irony of a country founded on freedom continuing to depend on and encourage slave labor.
Description of file(s): PDF 10 page, 3,290 word document (text and images)
Date published: 1854
Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery; United States--History--19th century
Keywords: Africa; Constitution; Declaration of Independence; England; freedom; fugitive; Fugitive Slave Law; liberty; Parker Pillsbury; property; slave trade
People: Pillsbury, Parker
Publication type: Newspapers; Speeches