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Speaker or author: Williams, Peter, 1780?-1840

Newspaper or publication: Presscopy -- New York Public Library -- Schomburg Collection

Speech given for the benefit of the "coloured community of Wilberforce" in Upper Canada. Speech addresses efforts of the Colonization Society to relocate free people of color to Africa and Hayti. (Speech 00793 is duplicate of this speech)

Description of file(s): PDF 13 page, 3,488 word document (text and images)

Date published: 1830-07-04

Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; African American men; African Americans--History--To 1863; Antislavery movements; Colonization; Slavery; Slavery--History

Keywords: Africa; Canada; Colonization; Colonization Society; England; freedom; Hayti; Independence Day address; July 4; liberty; Schomburg Collection; William Wilberforce

People: Vogelsang, Peter, rectory secretary; Wilberforce, William

Organization: St. Phillip's Church, Upper Canada

Publication type: published discourse; Speeches

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