Address to the Slaves of the United States of America
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"Address to the Slaves of the United States of America" is an 1843 abolitionist speech by Henry Highland Garnet that urged enslaved African Americans to resist their bondage and fight for their freedom.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
abolitionist speech
ⓘ
historical document ⓘ political speech ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
African American abolitionism
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Black nationalism ⓘ Henry Highland Garnet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | National Negro Convention NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Henry Highland Garnet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| circulation |
distributed as a pamphlet
ⓘ
printed in abolitionist newspapers ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United States of America ⓘ |
| critiques |
American hypocrisy about liberty
ⓘ
colonization schemes ⓘ slaveholders ⓘ |
| date | 1843 ⓘ |
| form |
pamphlet
ⓘ
speech ⓘ |
| genre | abolitionist literature ⓘ |
| historicalImpact |
contributed to debates over violent versus nonviolent resistance
ⓘ
influenced later Black radical thought ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | antebellum United States ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | enslaved African Americans ⓘ |
| invokes |
Biblical imagery
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natural rights philosophy ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locationFirstDelivered | Buffalo, New York GENERATED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
African American freedom struggle
ⓘ
slave resistance ⓘ slavery in the United States ⓘ |
| movement | abolitionism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
controversial stance within abolitionist movement
ⓘ
direct address to enslaved people ⓘ radical call for slave resistance ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Frederick Douglass
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
some abolitionist leaders ⓘ |
| politicalPosition |
anti-slavery
ⓘ
pro-emancipation ⓘ |
| purpose |
to encourage enslaved people to fight for their freedom
ⓘ
to urge enslaved people to resist slavery ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
David Walker's Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World
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ⓘ
speeches of Frederick Douglass NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Protestant Christianity ⓘ |
| rhetoricalMode |
direct exhortation
ⓘ
prophetic oratory ⓘ |
| theme |
divine justice against slavery
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moral duty to resist oppression ⓘ self-liberation ⓘ |
| yearFirstDelivered | 1843 ⓘ |
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