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Garnet's Memorial Discourse

James McCune Smith

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On February 12th 1865, Reverend Henry Highland Garnet preached to the U.S. House of Representatives. He was the first African-American to do so. Two days later, a group of citizens who had been in attendance requested a copy of his discourse and a short biography of his life. They stated that, "As you are the first colored man who has on any occasion spoken in our National Capitol, and as you spoke so ably for God and universal liberty, we regard the event as worthy of note, and desire to hand it down to posterity as an important epoch in our history."
Sadly, his story was not handed down to posterity, at least, not to our present generation as Rev. Garnet has faded almost entirely into obscurity.

On February 8, this speech and its author were highlighted on "The Vault," one of the programs on The Blaze TV.

Garnet was born in 1815, to a slave family in Maryland. In 1824, the family fled north, eventually arriving in New York in 1825. Beginning their life anew, they took new names, with a last name of Garnet, after a Quaker whose farm they stayed in along the way. Henry spent 3 years in school before spending several years working on ships as cabin boy, cook and steward. He then returned to his schooling, eventually attending Oneida Institute . He was a supporter of the Liberty Party.

This IS a public domain work. Most editions you will find are unedited OCR versions that contain frequent errors, no formatting and large gaps where one page ends and the next begins. This version has been restored.

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Pages: 84

Format: Kindle Edition

Garnet's Memorial Discourse

James McCune Smith

0/5 ( ratings)

On February 12th 1865, Reverend Henry Highland Garnet preached to the U.S. House of Representatives. He was the first African-American to do so. Two days later, a group of citizens who had been in attendance requested a copy of his discourse and a short biography of his life. They stated that, "As you are the first colored man who has on any occasion spoken in our National Capitol, and as you spoke so ably for God and universal liberty, we regard the event as worthy of note, and desire to hand it down to posterity as an important epoch in our history."
Sadly, his story was not handed down to posterity, at least, not to our present generation as Rev. Garnet has faded almost entirely into obscurity.

On February 8, this speech and its author were highlighted on "The Vault," one of the programs on The Blaze TV.

Garnet was born in 1815, to a slave family in Maryland. In 1824, the family fled north, eventually arriving in New York in 1825. Beginning their life anew, they took new names, with a last name of Garnet, after a Quaker whose farm they stayed in along the way. Henry spent 3 years in school before spending several years working on ships as cabin boy, cook and steward. He then returned to his schooling, eventually attending Oneida Institute . He was a supporter of the Liberty Party.

This IS a public domain work. Most editions you will find are unedited OCR versions that contain frequent errors, no formatting and large gaps where one page ends and the next begins. This version has been restored.

Brought to you by www.poorrichardsprintshop.com

Pages: 84

Format: Kindle Edition

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