HENRY HIGHLANDGARNET

FROM THE BEGINNING

• Henry highland was born December 23 1815
• He had two parents and a sister
• He was born a slave and later he and his family escaped when he was 9 years old

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EDUCATION

• Him and his family escaped to New York where Henry attended a African free school
• In school he studied science and English along with many other things

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LEGACY

• His most famous Speech is "call to rebellion" in 1843
• He became a minister and served as the first pastor of liberty street negro Presbyterian church ,Troy New York in 1842

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ACHIEVEMENTS

• In 1842 Abraham Lincoln decided to let Henry be a speaker and that made Henry the first black speaker to address congress

HENRY NOW HAS A PARK AND A SCHOOL NAMED AFTER HIM

HIS FAMILY

• When Henry and his family escaped they moved to New York
• After a couple of years he discovered that his family had been pursued by slave hunters his parents were not captured but unfortunately his sister was

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dEATH OF HENRY HIGHLAND GARNET

• Henry died on February 13, 1882
• Thankfully his speech "call to the rebellion" inspired other abolitionist to take movement like John brown

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I realized that if we put our minds into something and we all believe in it we can change things that we all know is wrong