Charles Lenox Remond was from Massachusetts and he was the first African-American to be employed by the American Anti-Slavery Society to promote their cause, giving talks across the Northeast of the US. His parents were freed slaves, so he had a relatively privileged upbringing for a black person in those times. His passionate oratorical skills in speaking out against slavery made a great impression on all.He worked alongside journalist William Lloyd Garrison, a white man who lead the abolitionist movement in the United States for many decades. In 1840 both…
CHARLES LENOX REMOND
