... demonstrated against the institution of slavery in Harper's Ferry, Virginia (Document D). Although he was eventually condemned to death because of his actions, Brown was praised by a select few, such as Henry David Thoreau, who viewed his actions as heroic; these few saw him as courageous because of the will he had to stand up for his fellow man (Document K). Slavery was ... ...
... United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." There was much debate in Congress about what should be included in the Amendment. Henry Adams remarked that the 15th Amendment was "more remarkable for what it does not than for what it does contain." It did not guarantee blacks the right to hold office ... ...
On January 29, 1850, the 70-year-old Henry Clay presented a compromise. For eight months members of Congress, led by Clay, Daniel Webster, and John C. Calhoun, senator from South Carolina debated the compromise. With the help of Stephen Douglas, a ... ...
... simply did not interpret Thomas Jefferson's words that "all men are created equal" as including the African American population in the Untied States. It took the voices of David Walker, Henry Highland Garnet, and Frederick Douglass to make the rightful claim of total racial equality part of the national debate on slavery. The ten-day National Negro Convention began in Philadelphia ... ...
