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title: 'Speech Celebrating the Anniversary of British West Indies Emancipation'
type: pdf
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authors:
- 'James William Charles Pennington'
date: 1843-08-09
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Slavery'
- 'Race Relations and Slavery'
scriptures:
- 'Acts 10'
- 'Isaiah 58'
- 'Galatians 3'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/pennington-1843-speech-celebrating-the-anniversary-of-british-west-indies-emancipation
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# Speech Celebrating the Anniversary of British West Indies Emancipation

J.W.C. Pennington denounces American slavery as a legal injustice, praises West Indies emancipation and abolitionist progress, and condemns church complicity and legal discrimination.

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