University Archives

Speaker or author: Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873

Newspaper or publication: Liberator

Brief speech in which the speaker noted that he'd rather have been born a slave than be born a white man who bowed down to do the bidding of the southern slaveholder. He felt that white men who would behave this way were of lower caste than slaves.

Description of file(s): PDF 1 page, 211 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: caste; prejudice

Publication type: Newspapers; Speeches

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