Speaker or author: Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873
Newspaper or publication: Liberator
Speech delivered during a July 4th celebration emphasizing the irony of celebrating freedom in a country condoning slavery. The speaker denounced the recent court decision handed down by Judge Taney in the Dred Scott case.
Description of file(s): PDF 6 page, 1,728 word document (text and images)
Date published: 1857-07-04
Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery; United States--History--19th century
Keywords: Fourth of July; fugitive; government; Great Britain; independence; Joseph Warren; Judge Robert Brooke Taney; liberty; Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society; politics; Virginia
People: Taney, Judge Robert Brooke; Warren, Joseph
Organization: Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society
Publication type: Newspapers; Speeches