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August 1, 1834 (1)
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| Speaker or Author: | Day, William Howard, d. 1900 | | Newspaper: | Douglass' Monthly | | Title: | West India Emancipation--Celebration in Leeds, England | | Date Published: | 1861-10 | | Notes: | The speaker expressed his thoughts on the differences between the slave states and the free states. Although argument had been made that slavery was necessary for the good of the economy, he noted that from his experience and the current price of land, he believed that instead slavery "impoverished the land." He also expressed his thoughts on the influence of cotton on continuing slavery; and his belief in the benefits of colonization as an alternative to living in a country that was becoming wealthy from slavery. |
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