Title:
Waterford carpenter gave first–hand account of slavery's cruelties
Date:
July 27, 1997
Scope & Content:
Newspaper article regarding pro–slavery and anti–slavery propaganda. In response to the abolitionist movement in the North, ppro–slavery forces published accounts claiming that slavery was actually beneficial to blacks. Abolitionists in the North responded by publishing theiir own detailed accounts of the cruelty of slavery.
Colonial
2 pages
Colonial
2 pages
Object ID:
DOC.1997–07–27A
Object Name:
Newspaper Clippings
Collection:
Slaves – Black History
People:
Turner, Nat
Weld, Theodore Dwight (Rev.)
Weld, Angelina
Grimke, Sarah
Caulkins, Nehemiah
Caulkins, Frances Manwaring
Smith, James Lindsey (slave)
Douglass, Frederick (slave)
Ruggles, David
Weld, Theodore Dwight (Rev.)
Weld, Angelina
Grimke, Sarah
Caulkins, Nehemiah
Caulkins, Frances Manwaring
Smith, James Lindsey (slave)
Douglass, Frederick (slave)
Ruggles, David
Search Terms:
slavery
abolitionists
American Slavery As It Is (book)
abolitionists
American Slavery As It Is (book)