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Speaker or author: Pennington, James W. C.

Newspaper or publication: Anti-Slavery Reporter

Speech given in protest of the British idea for people to immigrate from Africa to the West Indies to work in that country. The speaker argued that this was just another form of slavery under the guise of immigration. (Speech 06979 is a duplicate of this speech.)

Description of file(s): PDF 4 page, 1,594 word document (text and images)

Date published: 1843

Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery; United States--History--19th century

Keywords: Africa; Britain; England; government; immigration; slave trade; West Indies

Publication type: Newspapers; Speeches

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