Henry Highland Garnet

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Henry Highland Garnet was a prominent 19th-century African American abolitionist, minister, and orator known for his militant advocacy of slave resistance and Black civil rights.

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Henry Highland Garnet canonical 7

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instanceOf African American leader ⓘ
Presbyterian minister ⓘ
abolitionist ⓘ
human ⓘ
orator ⓘ
advocatedFor Black emigration to Africa and the Caribbean ⓘ
Black self-help and racial uplift ⓘ
armed resistance by enslaved people ⓘ
immediate emancipation of enslaved people in the United States ⓘ
appointedBy James A. Garfield ⓘ
causeOfDeath malaria ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1815-12-23 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1882-02-13 ⓘ
educatedAt African Free School (New York City) ⓘ
linked to: African Free School

Oneida Institute ⓘ
ethnicGroup African American ⓘ
linked to: Black Americans
familyName Garnet ⓘ
givenName Henry ⓘ
hasChild Sarah Garnet ⓘ
knownFor Black civil rights activism ⓘ
militant advocacy of slave resistance ⓘ
radical abolitionist speeches ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ
American Missionary Association ⓘ
movement African-American civil rights movement (19th century) ⓘ
abolitionism ⓘ
notableAchievement first African American to deliver a sermon in the U.S. Capitol ⓘ
notableEvent addressed the U.S. House of Representatives in 1865 ⓘ
delivered 1843 "Address to the Slaves" urging revolt ⓘ
notableWork Address to the Slaves of the United States of America ⓘ
occupation abolitionist ⓘ
minister ⓘ
orator ⓘ
participantIn 1843 National Negro Convention in Buffalo ⓘ
National Negro Convention movement ⓘ
placeOfBirth Kent County, Maryland, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Monrovia, Liberia ⓘ
linked to: Monrovia
positionHeld U.S. Minister Resident and Consul General to Liberia ⓘ
pastor of Liberty Street Presbyterian Church, Troy, New York ⓘ
pastor of Shiloh Presbyterian Church, New York City ⓘ
religion Presbyterianism ⓘ
linked to: Presbyterian
residence New York City ⓘ
Troy, New York ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Julia Ward Williams Garnet ⓘ
linked to: Julia Ward

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American abolitionist movement → notableFigure → Henry Highland Garnet ⓘ
The Liberator → hadContributor → Henry Highland Garnet ⓘ
David Walker → influenced → Henry Highland Garnet ⓘ
African Free School → notableAlumnus → Henry Highland Garnet ⓘ
National Negro Convention movement → hasParticipant → Henry Highland Garnet ⓘ