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Speaker or author: Nell, William C. (William Cooper), 1816-1874.

Newspaper or publication: Liberator

Speech delivered to welcome home William Wells Brown who returned from England a free man after being rescued from slavery and fugitive status by "British philanthropy."

Description of file(s): PDF 2 page, 570 word document (text and images)

Date published: 1854-10-13

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

Keywords: "peculiar institution"; anti-slavery mission; Boston; emancipation; England; France; fugitive; George Thompson; Germany; Great Britain; Harriet Beecher Stowe; Maria Weston Chapman; Parker Pillsbury; William Lloyd Garrison; William Wells Brown

People: Brown, William Wells; Chapman, Maria Weston; Garrison, William Lloyd; Pillsbury, Parker; Stowe, Harriet Beecher; Thompson, George

Publication type: Newspapers; Speeches

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