"Let the Monster Perish": The Historic Address to Congress of Henry Highland Garnet
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"In a time of division, we can have no better prophetic voice to frame today's discussions of justice and freedom than a one-legged fugitive slave who came to a Capitol without a Dome to tell how the Constitution could be made more perfect, in the name of God."
—from a letter sent by the President of the Presbyterian Historical Society to the President of the Maryland State Senate
In February 1865, just days after the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment banning slavery, Presbyterian pastor and abolitionist Henry Highland Garnet spoke before the U.S. Congress, becoming the first African American to do so. Garnet's speech, titled "Let the Monster Perish," celebrated the end of slavery and pleaded with humanity to never let it rise again. Garnet's address would later set the tone for Congressional Reconstruction, providing the important and necessary perspective from those whose voices had been excluded from American democracy. His address is reproduced here along with a time line of his life.
Henry Highland Garnet
Henry Highland Garnet(December 23, 1815–February 13, 1882) was an African American abolitionist and Presbyterian pastor. Educated at the African Free School, he based his drive for abolitionism in religion and became a prominent member of the movement. In 1865, he became the first African American invited to speak in the U.S. Capitol.
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"Let the Monster Perish" - Henry Highland Garnet
LET THE MONSTER PERISH
"LET THE
MONSTER PERISH"
The Historic Address to
Congress of Henry Highland Garnet
HENRY HIGHLAND GARNET
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Cover art: Engraving of Henry Highland Garnet used courtesy of the Presbyterian Historical Society, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) (Philadelphia, PA).
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Garnet, Henry Highland, 1815-1882, author.
Title: Let the monster perish
: the historic address to Congress of Henry Highland Garnet / Henry Highland Garnet.
Other titles: Let the monster perish | Historic address to Congress of Henry Highland Garnet
Description: First edition. | Louisville, Kentucky : Westminster John Knox Press, [2020] | Publication of the address ‘A Memorial Discourse,’ which Garnet delivered to the U.S. Congress on February 12, 1865
--Publisher’s note. | Includes bibliographical references. | Summary: In 1865 Presbyterian pastor and abolitionist Henry Highland Garnet was the first African American to speak before the U.S. Congress. Garnet’s speech, titled
Let the Monster Perish, celebrated the end of slavery and pleaded with humanity to never let it rise again. His address is reproduced here along with a time line of his life
-- Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020016808 (print) | LCCN 2020016809 (ebook) | ISBN 9780664266295 (paperback)