Ambiguous manifestos -- Circumstances -- Proceedings -- Goals and reactions -- Abolitionists and slaves -- Convergence -- THE ADDRESSES AND RELATED DOCUMENTS -- "Address of the Anti-slavery Convention of the State of New York to the slaves in the U. States of America" / Gerrit Smith -- "Rights of a fugitive slave" / Nathaniel E. Johnson -- "Address to the slaves of the United States" / William Lloyd Garrison -- "An address to the slaves of the United States of America" / Henry Highland Garnet -- "A letter to the American slaves from those who have fled from American slavery" / Gerrit Smith
Summary
The American conflict over slavery reached a turning point in the early 1840s when three leading abolitionists presented provocative speeches that, for the first time, addressed the slaves directly rather than aiming rebukes at white owners. By forthrightly embracing the slaves as allies and exhorting them to take action, these three addresses pointed toward a more inclusive and aggressive antislavery effort. These addresses were particularly frightening to white slaveholders who were significantly in the minority of the population in some parts of low country Georgia and South Carolina. The R
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-238) and index
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