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Speaker or author: Pembroke, Stephen

Newspaper or publication: Pennsylvania Freeman

Anecdotal speech regarding one man's experience with slavery and subsequent escape. (Stephen Pembroke is the brother of Rev. J. W. C. Pennington, a well-known black abolitionist and speaker.)

Description of file(s): PDF 3 page, 675 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: escape; freedom; fugitive

Publication type: Newspapers; Speeches

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