White Slavery in the Barbary States — Charles Sumner

A landmark lecture by Charles Sumner — the great American abolitionist senator — delivered in 1847, examining the history of white Christian captives enslaved by the Barbary pirates of North Africa. Sumner uses this history to powerfully argue against all forms of slavery, drawing parallels that scandalized his contemporaries. An important and forgotten document in the history of abolitionism and the fight against slavery in all its forms.

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Format: ePub  |  Language: English  |  Source: Public Domain · 1847