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| Speaker or Author: | Douglass, H. Ford | | Newspaper: | Anti-Slavery Bugle | | Title: | Speech of Hezekiah F. Douglass, At the Sixteenth Anniversary of West India Emancipation, at Cleveland, Aug. 1st, 1850 | | Date Published: | 1850-08-31 | | Notes: | Expressive and dramatic speech regarding the continuation of American slavery long after the British had emancipated the West Indies. The speaker emphasized the historical movements of humanity towards freedom and liberty that he believed would always triumph. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Watkins, William J. | | Newspaper: | Frederick Douglass' Paper (1851 - 18??) | | Date Published: | 1854-12-15 | | Notes: | In an effort to push for revolutionary change, a new political party called the Know-Nothing Party has formed. The writer comments on the religious aspects of this party and those who oppose it. It seems to be an objectified tension between Catholicism and Protestantism in a political arena. |
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