Author: Gerrit Smith

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2023-07-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781022490628

This book collects the speeches of Gerrit Smith, the New York Congressman and abolitionist who played a key role in the movement to end slavery in the United States. These speeches offer a powerful and articulate defense of the rights of African Americans and the need to end the institution of slavery once and for all. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.