Part 28-resumé af My Bondage and My Freedom

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1. Campbell praises Douglass’s speech and treats his abilities as evidence against the reduction of enslaved people to property.
2. He describes the audience’s response and urges the English churches and press to sustain public opposition to slavery.
3. He proposes a public breakfast with London ministers and declares that slaveholders cannot enter his home or use his pulpit.
4. He urges British supporters to help American abolitionists while distinguishing them from slavery’s defenders.
5. He asks Douglass to tour Britain, bring his family, and receive support beyond income from his life story.
6. He closes by calling for a resolution of thanks to Douglass.

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Campbell directs anger toward slavery’s defenders rather than Americans as a whole. This distinction supports his appeal for cooperation with American abolitionists.

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