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African Aid Society (2)
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| Speaker or Author: | Garnet, Henry Highland, 1815-1882 | | Newspaper: | Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862) | | Title: | Rev. H. H. Garnet's Speech at Birmingham | | Date Published: | 1861-11-16 | | Notes: | The speaker approves of the civilization goals of the African Aid Society that proposes to move black families from Canada to Africa. He believes this offers a postive way to improve the lives of all concerned, and provide England with a different source for cotton. Like many abolitionists, he believes that slavery is mainly continued in the U.S. based on the money made from the production of cotton. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Day, William Howard, d. 1900 | | Newspaper: | Presscopy -- Birmingham, England -- Public Libraryq | | Title: | The American Crisis and The Slave Trade | | Date Published: | 1861-12-13 | | Notes: | The speaker presented an overview of the goals of the African Aid Society to help fugitive slaves who had escaped to Canada immigrate to Africa. He blamed the over-reliance on the economic value of cotton for continued slavery in the U.S. |
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