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Speaker or Author: Watkins, William J.
Newspaper:Frederick Douglass' Paper (1851 - 18??)
Date Published: 1854-07-14
Notes: The writer relates his recent speaking tour. He finds that public sentiment is now changing and the idea of continuing slavery is now repugnant to most intelligent people in the country. Although he views the current Presidential Administration as being "pro-slavery," he believes that it is the strength of public sentiment that will succeed in ending slavery.