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274 A COLORED LADY LECTUREE. '
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mingled the nanie of that now venerated friend of the oppressed ,. William \ L . Garrison . As years rolled on , I became more and more
interested in every effort made in behalf of the enslaved ; The germ of a glorious reform was now planted , and had taken root ; the
American Anti-Slavery Society was founded , based upon principles which in every age had broken the bonds of the oppressor , and
elevated humanity . Auxiliary societies were formed in different localities of the Free States , and a nucleus formed , around which the
friends of freedom have rallied . Although moboeracy and various kinds of persecution met them on every hand , all who had counted
the cost , and were in earnest , still _pursiied their way , trusting in the justice of their cause . My eldest brotherearly in the conflict ,
, publicly advocated the cause of his enslaved countrymen , and from my earliest days , until I left the States , fifteen months since , I have
attended the public . meetings of the abolitionists . I am grateful beyond expression for the many influences which led me to become
familiar with the principles and mode of action destined to completely upset that vile system of American chattel slavery , which is ,
at the present time , ; demoralising the various ramifications of the country . - ¦ . : ¦ .. . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . .. ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ _:-. ; . ¦ , ¦ ¦• ' ¦ ¦ _^ .. ; . . "¦ . ¦ ¦ . /¦ ¦ ¦ ¦
_ . '' As tinie rolled on , the antagonism bet we en fre edom and slavery became more and more conflicting . I was led to investigate , to the
best of my ability , the causes from which sprang such conflicting principles . At the same timej convinced that the anti-slavery element
was the only source of hope for the slave , I also endeavored to acquaint myself with the operations of the friends of freedom , whose
princi " In ples 185 will Y I finall was y urged emanci by pat a few e the friends bondmen to speak . in ' public-.- ' . ¦ A
defective education , and a pro-slavery atmosphere ,, are not the best incentives for such a purpose . _^ After muc h _consideration , and
encouraged by one of the noblest women of ; my native State , one who had made many sacrificesand spent the best years of her life
, in publicly advocating the cause of the slave , I started ori my first anti-slavery tourin company with my . brother , Charles L . Remond .
, We travelled in the State of New York : Upon the obstacles which met me after this determination I do hot think it necessary to
dwell . I was quite determined to persevere . I was always kindly and warmly welcomed by the most earnest friends of the slave .
From 1857 until within one week of my sailing for England , December 29 th 1858 from time to timeI continued to \ _sj _3 eak in
public . I had , an inten , se desire to visit , England , that I _might for a time enjoy freedom , and I hoped to serve the anti-slavery cause
at the same time . " Miss Remond has a sister , Mrs . Putnam , who came to England
• as a first-class passenger in an English steam-vessel , highly _s subsidized by the British Government for the transport of the mails .
The captain , with the concurrence of theowners , subjected this lady and her family to the indignity of being refused places at the
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274 A Colored Lady Lecturee. '
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), June 1, 1861, page 274, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01061861/page/58/
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