This amazing sermon by the great Henry Highland Garnet, a former slave, later iconic Presbyterian preacher, was preached to Congress in 1865, following passage of the 13th Amendment banning slavery, near the end of the Civil War. His was the first voice of the black man ever to be raised in Congress!For beauty, power, majestic scholarship and eloquence, it rivals the very best ever given on earth by anyone!
Monday, May 4, 2015
REV. HENRY HIGHLAND GARNET ADDRESSES A JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS IN 1865
http://www.blackpast.org/1865-henry-highland-garnet-let-monster-perish
This amazing sermon by the great Henry Highland Garnet, a former slave, later iconic Presbyterian preacher, was preached to Congress in 1865, following passage of the 13th Amendment banning slavery, near the end of the Civil War. His was the first voice of the black man ever to be raised in Congress!For beauty, power, majestic scholarship and eloquence, it rivals the very best ever given on earth by anyone!
This amazing sermon by the great Henry Highland Garnet, a former slave, later iconic Presbyterian preacher, was preached to Congress in 1865, following passage of the 13th Amendment banning slavery, near the end of the Civil War. His was the first voice of the black man ever to be raised in Congress!For beauty, power, majestic scholarship and eloquence, it rivals the very best ever given on earth by anyone!
