Project Gutenberg 2010-02-17 Public domain in the USA. 125 Parker, Theodore 1810 1860 Blodgett, Levi 10034375 The Trial of Theodore Parker For the "Misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil Hall against Kidnapping, before the Circuit Court of the United States, at Boston, April 3, 1855, with the Defence Reading ease score: 66.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Meredith Bach, Linda Cantoni, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Trial of Theodore Parker" by Theodore Parker is a historical account written in the mid-19th century. It documents the legal trial of Theodore Parker, a minister and outspoken abolitionist, for making a speech in Faneuil Hall against the kidnapping of fugitive slaves. The book delves into the broader implications of freedom of speech and the legal framework surrounding slavery in the United States during a tumultuous time. At the start of the book, the author lays out the charges against him after an indictment by a grand jury linked to his anti-slavery speech and detailed the context leading to his trial. Parker reflects on the political atmosphere, the implications of the fugitive slave bill, and the societal compulsion to silence voices advocating for human rights and justice. He asserts that the case is not merely about him; rather, it highlights a fundamental struggle between freedom and oppression that impacts the entire nation. His defense is framed as a noble cause—a plea for justice and moral integrity in the face of systemic corruption and human rights violations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/31298/31298-h/images/title.jpg en United States -- Fugitive slave law (1850) Antislavery movements -- Massachusetts -- Boston KF Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: Law & Criminology Browsing: Politics 819200 819203 2024-10-13T09:59:30.205847 2023-09-14T03:49:36.830822 text/html text/html 827950 2021-01-06T04:38:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 364294 2021-01-06T04:38:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 393845 2024-10-13T09:59:40.097832 application/epub+zip 407035 2024-10-13T09:59:31.592854 application/epub+zip 349194 2024-10-13T09:59:30.892851 application/epub+zip 616232 2024-10-13T09:59:46.416806 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 578809 2024-10-13T09:59:39.338801 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 521318 2022-09-14T11:13:40.791087 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 742321 742094 2024-10-13T09:59:28.643854 2023-09-14T03:49:35.418804 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 742240 2021-01-06T04:38:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 278425 2021-01-06T04:38:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 742243 2021-01-06T04:38:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 278356 2021-01-06T04:38:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22085 2024-10-13T09:59:46.557761 application/rdf+xml 10225 2024-10-13T09:59:31.015910 image/jpeg 2106 2024-10-13T09:59:30.953840 image/jpeg 360968 2024-10-13T09:59:30.270905 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