"Let the monster perish" :: the historic address to Congress of Henry Highland Garnet /

"In 1865 Presbyterian pastor and abolitionist Henry Highland Garnet was the first African American to speak before the U.S. Congress. Garnet's speech, titled "Let the Monster Perish," celebrated the end of slavery and pleaded with humanity to never let it rise again. His address...

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1. Verfasser: Garnet, Henry Highland, 1815-1882 (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Louisville, Kentucky : Westminster John Knox Press, [2020]
Ausgabe:First edition.
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Zusammenfassung:"In 1865 Presbyterian pastor and abolitionist Henry Highland Garnet was the first African American to speak before the U.S. Congress. Garnet's speech, titled "Let the Monster Perish," celebrated the end of slavery and pleaded with humanity to never let it rise again. His address is reproduced here along with a time line of his life"--
Beschreibung:"Publication of the address 'A Memorial Discourse,' which Garnet delivered to the U.S. Congress on February 12, 1865"--Publisher's note.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xiv, 30 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:1646980026
9781646980024

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