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title: 'Speech Regarding Equal Opportunities for Both Black and White Races, the Cruelties of Slavery, and the Need for Christian Interaction in Race Relations'
type: pdf
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authors:
- 'Theodore Sedgwick Wright'
date: 1836-06-25
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Slavery'
- 'Social Issues'
scriptures:
- 'Acts 7'
- 'Acts 16'
- 'Leviticus 25'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/wright-1836-speech-regarding-equal-opportunities-for-both-black-and-white-races-the-cruelties-of-slavery-and-the-need-for-christian-interaction-in-race-relations
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# Speech Regarding Equal Opportunities for Both Black and White Races, the Cruelties of Slavery, and the Need for Christian Interaction in Race Relations

Theodore S. Wright urges Christians to pray and act for the emancipation of enslaved Black people, praises Garrison, and frames abolition as gospel-driven justice and jubilee.

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