"The Trial of Theodore Parker" by Theodore Parker is a narration of the author's legal battle for speaking out against the kidnapping of escaped enslaved people. Parker, an abolitionist minister, found himself on trial after his speech at Faneuil Hall. The book lays out Parker’s reflections on the events leading up to his trial, describing a country divided with legal and social pressures weighing in to silence anyone who spoke for justice. Parker frames the trial as a fight between freedom and oppression impacting the entire country, using his defense as a plea for moral integrity amidst corruption and the violation of human rights.
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
By Theodore Parker
An outspoken minister faces legal repercussions for igniting the flames of freedom with his words, thrusting the nation’s struggle with slavery into the courtroom.
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About the AuthorTheodore Parker was an American transcendentalist and reforming minister of the Unitarian church. A reformer and abolitionist, his words and popular quotations would later inspire speeches by Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr.
Theodore Parker was an American transcendentalist and reforming minister of the Unitarian church. A reformer and abolitionist, his words and popular quotations would later inspire speeches by Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr.
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