Henry Highland Garnet's Struggle For Freedom

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Henry Highland garnet was born slave on December 23rd 1815 in Maryland. He worked in the fields until the age of nine, where his parents succeeded to escape from their owners. Their moved to New-York and adopted a new family name, “Garnet”. The young Henry attended an African Free School in order to get educated. He met famous black figure such as Alexander Cromwell in his school. Then, He received a religious education and became a Pastor. Soon after, his sister was captured by slave hunters and he lost her trace. Influenced by Theodor S. Wright, Henry H. Garnet rapidly expressed his radical ideas. He was encouraging African American slaves to fight against their owners. He thought that violence was the only way to gain freedom. His ideas were in total contradiction to Frederick Douglass and …show more content…
Pennington. In 1843, he gave one of his famous speech during the Black Convention Movement in Philadelphia, “Call to the rebellion” which is concluded by “better die free men than live as a slave”. His speech failed to be accepted by only one vote. Due to a blood disease, Henry lost one of his leg. He joined The American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society and the Liberty Party. During the 1850’s Henry travelled to England, Germany and France in order to discuss freedom. When he came back, he served as a Pastor in New-York. Known for his radical ideas, Henry H. Garnet was a main target during the New-York draft riots of 1863. Thanks to her daughter whom removed their name from the door, they were able to hide. In 1861, he and F. Douglass became recruiters of African American soldier for the civil war. In 1864, Henry Highland garnet