Speaker or author: Remond, Sarah Parker, 1826-1887?
Newspaper or publication: Anti-Slavery Advocate
Impassioned speech describing the horrors of slavery. The speaker stressed that the economics of the cotton industry was continuing the institution of slavery. She also emphasized the influence of the Church in continuing slavery by condoning it.
Description of file(s): PDF 4 page, 1,158 word document (text and images)
Date published: 1859-09-17
Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery; United States--History--19th century
Keywords: abuse; Canada; Christianity; Church; cotton; England; Harriet Beecher Stowe; law; liberty; property; Quakers; Thomas Clarkson; William Wilberforce; women
People: Clarkson, Thomas; Stowe, Harriet Beecher; Wilberforce, William
Publication type: Newspapers; Speeches