Sarah Parker Remond

African American lecturer and abolitionist Sarah Parker Remond was born free in Massachusetts 1826, and became known as an agent of the American Anti Slavery Society. As an international activist for human rights and women’s suffrage, she made her first speech against slavery when she was 16 years old. In 1859 she came to Lancashire to appeal to mill owners and cotton workers to support the US anti-slavery movement. She later spoke at a meeting presided over by the Mayor in the Manchester Athenaeum on the subject, where she delivered this incredible speech.

Voice Acting by Morgan Busow Written and Produced by Ellie Andrews