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HARRIET BEECHER STOWE CENTENARY CELEBRATIONPublic Exercises Held In Many Sections For Great Race Benefactor.Public* meetinps for the celebration ofthe centenary of Mrs Harriet Hwher Stowe have been Held in many sections of I lit* eoiimry thus fsir thismonth by Afro Americans who appre-ciilte the work wlneh Mrs Stowe did in creatine public seniimeni a pa lust slavery. Sin-h meetings are eminent ly betittiim. tor ail men who love freedom and personal liberty should revere those who with pen. money, sword and personal inttiienee helped to break down and destroy the unjust traffic in human tlerh which tasted tor eeuturtes til Auieriea. -Perhaps ihe most notable meetinu ol the many was i tie one held in l*'aneiiiihall, arranged tor and carried out successfully by Atro-A men ran women id Boston Mrs M Cravath Simpson president ot the A fro-American Womens Anri lynching society. and her eoworkers were prime movers of the celebration hi wtiirli many distihpulsti ed persons took part, uuioup whom were the Hon. Joseph C. Manniim ot Alabama. .Mr. Frank Sanborn. Professor A. B Hart of Harvard collepe. Mrs Apnes Adams. Miss Gardner and Mr Bripbam The office of the Boston Guardian at J1 torn hill street, where Garrison published the Liberator, was the Mecca and headquarters of a conKtaut throne of visitors throuphout the centenary festivitiesMr. Manning in the exordium of bl-great speech said: It makes thehearts of colored people ache to see the federal government pomp abroad to protect Americans and often up no protection to Americans who need n ripht at home. .No foreipn povernuiein would do worse m its own or American citizens than the Ameriean povern ment is dome to its own citizens b steaiinp Hie vole from llietn.#•*ln the uoriti today you stand ldl by and see the principles foi which your fathers pave tneir lives in the civil wai beinp swept away.
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Indianapolis Recorder
Indianapolis, Indiana, US
Sat, Jul 01, 1911
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