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Henri Gregoire, "The Friend of Men of All Colors"
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Henri Grégoire, "The Friend of Men of All Colors"
Most Americans believe that the great forces in the abolition movement were the other Americans. Figures such as Charles Sumner, William Lloyd Garrison, Abigail Foster, John Brown, and Harriet Beecher Stowe come to mind. But not all the great opponents of Negro slavery were American. One of the earliest champions of the abolitionist cause was a French priest.
A MAJOR FIGURE of the French Revolution and the abolitionist cause, Fr...
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