Speaker or author: Garnet, Henry Highland, 1815-1882
Newspaper or publication: Liberator
The speaker read the Emancipation Proclamation aloud to a cheering audience and urged African Americans to join the Union army in the Civil War's continued fighting.
Description of file(s): PDF 3 page, 830 word document (text and images)
Date published: 1863
Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery; United States--History--19th century
Keywords: Abraham Lincoln; Civil War; Democratic party; Emancipation Proclamation; government; Horace Greeley; Jefferson Davis; John Brown; liberty; Newspapers; patriotism; Republican Party; Sons of Freedom
People: Brown, John; Davis, Jefferson; Greeley, Horace; Lincoln, Abraham
Publication type: Newspapers; Speeches