Speaker or author: Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873
Newspaper or publication: Anti-Slavery Reporter
Speech against the goals and ideals of the American Colonization Society. The speaker stressed that this society works against and not for the free people of color. He also addressed a secret resolution passed in Virginia in 1800 and again in 1816 that attempted to establish a colony in Louisiana for free people of color in order to remove them from Virginia.
Description of file(s): PDF 7 page, 2,703 word document (text and images)
Date published: 1840-11-04
Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery; United States--History--19th century
Keywords: Africa; American Colonization Society; emancipation; politics; Virginia
Organization: American Colonization Society
Publication type: Newspapers; Speeches