Speaker or author: Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873
Newspaper or publication: Anti-Slavery Bugle
The speaker's topic was "Prejudice against Color." He emphasized that he had not experienced prejudice during his travels in Europe, but had encountered it only in the U.S. He believed prejudice to be "unnatural" and that a human being should be recognized for his character and moral worth instead of the color of his skin.
Description of file(s): PDF 2 page, 334 word document (text and images)
Date published: 1857
Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; Antislavery movements--United States; Civil rights; Slavery; United States--History--19th century
Keywords: "peculiar institution"; Europe; free states; human rights; Kansas; prejudice; slaveholder; tyranny
Publication type: Newspapers; Speeches