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Speaker or author: Allen, William G., fl. 1849-1853

Newspaper or publication: Frederick Douglass' Paper

Speech offering examples of the cruelty and injustice the speaker had experienced and heard of resulting from racial prejudice. The speaker said he agreed with the resolution that slavery was a "sin and crime against God."

Description of file(s): PDF 6 page, 1,372 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: "Free-Soiler"; Britain; British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society; Christianity; Daniel Webster; economy; England; Frederick Douglass; fugitive; Fugitive Slave Law; government; property

People: Douglass, Frederick; Webster, Daniel

Organization: British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society

Publication type: Newspapers; Speeches

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