Project Gutenberg 2004-11-09 Public domain in the USA. 149 Child, Lydia Maria 1802 1880 Child, Lydia Maria Francis Francis, Lydia Maria Child, L. Maria (Lydia Maria) Child, D. L., Mrs. Child, Mrs. D. L. Child, Mrs. David Lee Child, David Lee, Mrs. The Duty of Disobedience to the Fugitive Slave Act An Appeal To The Legislators Of Massachusetts, Anti-Slavery Tracts No. 9 Reading ease score: 68.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Curtis Weyant, Andrea Ball and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "The Duty of Disobedience to the Fugitive Slave Act: An Appeal to the Legislators of Massachusetts" by Lydia Maria Child is an anti-slavery pamphlet written in the late 19th century (1860). It serves as a moral and political argument against the Fugitive Slave Act, addressing the legislators of Massachusetts and urging them to disobey laws that contribute to the oppression and enslavement of Black individuals. The pamphlet highlights the ethical obligation to protect those seeking freedom and challenges the conscience of its readers. In this impassioned discourse, Child argues that the Fugitive Slave Act is not only immoral but also unconstitutional. She vividly portrays the horrors of slavery and the plight of fugitives, illustrating heartbreaking stories of families torn apart and individuals brutally returned to captivity. Through her rhetorical skill, she challenges the legislators to reconsider their stance and acts as a voice for oppressed humanity, calling upon them to uphold justice and exercise humanity by dismantling the institutionalized support for slavery. Ultimately, Child's work is a bold plea for moral courage and a deeper understanding of human rights, pushing her audience to recognize their duty to defy unjust laws in the name of freedom and dignity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en United States -- Fugitive slave law (1850) Fugitive slaves -- United States E300 Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American Browsing: Politics 108997 108370 2024-10-06T10:47:12.110185 2023-10-06T11:22:31.751307 text/html text/html 104984 2020-12-18T15:05:19 text/html; charset=us-ascii 40479 2020-12-18T15:05:19 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 123598 2024-10-06T10:47:18.367152 application/epub+zip 123759 2024-10-06T10:47:15.477178 application/epub+zip 101984 2024-10-06T10:47:14.246180 application/epub+zip 290913 2024-10-06T10:47:20.494155 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 283891 2024-10-06T10:47:17.608176 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 133131 2022-09-07T13:59:48.699786 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 97741 97665 2024-10-06T10:47:11.728201 2023-10-06T11:22:31.477306 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 97677 2020-12-18T15:05:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 38709 2020-12-18T15:05:19 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20419 2024-10-06T10:47:20.619140 application/rdf+xml 18387 2024-10-06T10:47:14.808177 image/jpeg 3986 2024-10-06T10:47:14.519176 image/jpeg 121976 2024-10-06T10:47:12.121181 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia