On this day in history, Henry Highland Garnet became the first Black person to speak in the U.S. Capitol.
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In every man's mind the good seeds of liberty are planted, and he who brings his fellow down so low, as to make him contented with a condition of slavery, commits the highest crime against God and man. - Henry Highland Garnet
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Chapter 54: Between Heaven and Harlem:
Shiloh Presbyterian's Freedom Journey.
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