Wendell Phillips on Civil Rights and FreedomUniversity Press of America, 1982 - 221 pages |
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Page vii
... true when , as a young man , he excited the Faneuil Hall gathering with his defense of the murdered Elijah P. Lovejoy ; it was true when , following abolition , he denounced " wage slavery " as the new frontier which had to be overcome ...
... true when , as a young man , he excited the Faneuil Hall gathering with his defense of the murdered Elijah P. Lovejoy ; it was true when , following abolition , he denounced " wage slavery " as the new frontier which had to be overcome ...
Page xiii
... true community decision , and the right to dissent from it . For them , it was no more important to be a Whig voter than a Democratic voter . What was important was that they be faithful to principles , at whatever cost . They were ...
... true community decision , and the right to dissent from it . For them , it was no more important to be a Whig voter than a Democratic voter . What was important was that they be faithful to principles , at whatever cost . They were ...
Page 52
... true . Only two years have passed , and what was then deemed rant and fanaticism , by seven out of ten who heard it , has proved true . The theatre , bowing to its audience , has preached immediate emancipation , and given us the whole ...
... true . Only two years have passed , and what was then deemed rant and fanaticism , by seven out of ten who heard it , has proved true . The theatre , bowing to its audience , has preached immediate emancipation , and given us the whole ...
Contents
In Defense of Lovejoy | 1 |
The Boston Mob | 10 |
The Right of Petition | 23 |
Copyright | |
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