Isabel de Olvera: I Demand Justice.
“I am going on the expedition to New Mexico and have some reason to fear that I may be annoyed by some individual since I am a mulatta, and it is proper to protect my rights in such an eventuality by an affidavit showing that I am a free woman, unmarried and the legitimate daughter of Hernando, a Negro, and an Indian named Magdalena….” 1600 AD
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Speech: “What, To The Slave, Is The Fourth Of July?”
by Frederick Douglass, 1852 Mr. President, Friends and Fellow Citizens: He who could address this audience without a quailing sensation, has stronger nerves than I have. I do not remember ever to have appeared as a speaker before any assembly more shrinkingly, nor with greater distrust of my ability, than I do this day. AContinueContinue reading “Speech: “What, To The Slave, Is The Fourth Of July?””
Speech: “What, To The Slave, Is The Fourth Of July?”
by Frederick Douglass, 1852Mr. President, Friends and Fellow Citizens: He who could address this audience without a quailing sensation, has stronger nerves than I have. I do not remember ever to have appeared as a speaker before any assembly more shrinkingly, nor with greater distrust of my ability, than I do this day. A feelingContinueContinue reading “Speech: “What, To The Slave, Is The Fourth Of July?””
Paul Finkelman on 19th Century Slave Trade
Paul Finkelman on 19th Century Slave Trade April 21, 2012 Albany Law School professor Paul Finkelman spoke about the practice of kidnapping freemen from the North and sending them South during the 19th century. He also discussed the wide-spread practice of renting slaves and how this tied non-slave owners to the slave system. Paul Finkelman has taughtContinueContinue reading “Paul Finkelman on 19th Century Slave Trade”
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