Historical Speech: "Samuel Ringgold Ward, 'Speech on the Fugitive Slave Bill"

Samuel Ward

Historical Speech: "Samuel Ringgold Ward, 'Speech on the Fugitive Slave Bill"

1850

Historical Speech

Note: This primary source is accompanied by a brief biography on Samuel Ringgold Ward.

Black Past features an 1850 transcription of a speech given by Black abolitionist and minister, Samuel Ringgold Ward, to an audience of antislavery activists in Boston, Massachusetts about the Fugitive Slave Act. According to Ward, abolitionists have the “right to Revolution” if northerners decide to assist slave-hunters in the United States. Other key themes include Congressional representation, Christianity, and race.

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