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TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE HISTORY AND LEGACY OF SLAVERY IN MARYLAND (Final Report) 1999/12/31 MdHR 991422 MdHR 991422, Image No: 333 Print image (41K) |
| the prominent Negroes in the abolitionist movement and an agent or speaker for several of the societies. By 1840, Garnet was one of eight Negro clergymen "numbered among the founders of the American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society. "73 Occassionally, Garnet, Frederick Douglass, James W.C. Pennington, Martin R. Delaney, and other "black abolitionists (all fugitive slaves from Maryland), journeyed to England, Scotland, France and Germany. "74 . . . "where they were instrumental in linking up the humanitarian movement in Europe with movements in America. "75 Garnet also delved into the political arena, with the hope of improving the lot of the slave and free black, but by 1843 Garnet denounced anyone, black or white, who did not share his antislavery sentiments. In August 1843, "at a national convention for black men in Buffalo, Garnet delivered the most forthright call for a slave uprising ever heard in antebellum America. "76 In his speech "An Address to the Slaves of the United States," he stated . . . . . .that there was little hope of obtaining freedom without some shedding of blood...Brethren, arise, arise. Strike for your lives and liberties. Now is the day and hour. Let every slave throughout the land do this and the days of slavery are numbered. Rather die free men than live to be slaves. |