Speaker or author: Garnet, Henry Highland, 1815-1882
Newspaper or publication: Belfast Newsletter
Speech denouncing the Fugitive Slave Law and emphasizing its cruelty and potential to contribute to continued prejudice. The speaker emphasized that the Irish who were immigrating to the U.S. by the hundreds could offer tremendous aid in abolishing slavery.
Description of file(s): PDF 4 page, 1,217 word document (text and images)
Date published: 1851
Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery; United States--History--19th century
Keywords: Belfast Anti-Slavery Society; Constitution; England; freedom; Fugitive Slave Law; government; Great Britain; immigration; injustice; Ireland; liberty
Organization: Belfast Anti-Slavery Society
Publication type: Newspapers; Speeches