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* A, COLORED LADY LECTURER. 273
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judice could not deprive me , A book once obtained , I could peruse favorite it with p musical leasure instrument and profit . " or When sing some a song friend no would negro play hater on could some
, , , had rob me buried of the all prejudice pleasure against I enjoyed color . ' - When which some education abolitionist and habit who
had taug the ht admiration —whose wealth of even of those intellect who and laced accumulated no value on knowled the prin ge - was p
ci have ples of justice inculcated and — kumanity when such which a one the was abolitionists the guest of my of the parents States , I
ever treasured fromconversations up in the in storehouse the societ of of memory some of the the information most ifted derived of the y g
devotion sons , and to daug the hters cause of of America the American , and whose slave have genius stamped and disinterested themselves
not indelibl frequent y upon , but the they age wer in which e valuable they . live Reading . These was opportun the stap ities le were and
never-failing resource . colored ( C My population statements of thus the Free far have States been . In made the Southern in reference Slave to States the
quite to the a colored different race order whether of things bond prevails or free , , are and cruel the laws in the in referenc extreme e .
, instances And althoug ) of h the in _sonie colored of peop the Free le has States been the much treatment emanate improved ( from in by some the the
the compromises efforts Dred of the Scott of abolitionists the decision constitution are , still most , the as keenl the laws y Fug which felt itive by Slave all the Law colored , and
, race slave ;— who the seeks Fugitive an Slave lum in Law a free which State returns from the into slave bondage hunters " every and asy
their bloodhoundswho in many instances have kidnapped free of colorthe , Dred Scott decision which declares that * black
persons men and women ; have no rights which white men are bound to respect / letelannihilating the citizenship of every colored American ;
also comp the inhuman y slave laws of the Slave States , which place every slave at the lete mercy of the master—laws which prevent
any black person comp from giving testimony in a , court of justice against a uponj whit the e person victim , , no and matter who what consequentl outrage y can may mak have e no been appeal committed to the
laws of the land . behalf " Previous of the slave to the population year 1829 . , no Now decided , a young effort man had , a been native demands made of the the in
immediate State of Massachusetts emanciation , essentiall of y slave a man as of the the ri peop ht le of , the . victim , and nation the wonders duty of . the What p master ? the . every His o a clarion man , ! The voice American g is heard peop , and le had the negr
never dreamed that the slaves had rights in common with themselves _^ tion and then ! a demand M They mother considered based liailed upon the the justice colored advent filled race of this the as so peop many le and with beasts noble consterna of apostle bur- - young
of liberty . y with enthusiasm , and among my earliest impressions is
* A, Colored Lady Lecturer. 273
* A , COLORED LADY LECTURER . 273
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), June 1, 1861, page 273, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01061861/page/57/
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