HIGHLAND PARK
DR.
JABARI V.
PRE PEH
Freedom of
America Part IV
'What, am I to argue that it is
wron men rob
mof irli tty, towo tll:m
witlnut w , to P m ig-
rant of their re '0 to their
fellow men, to t �m with
ti to flay �ir fl h with �
I 11, to I d their lim with iro ,
tohunt�mwithdo�to ll�m
at auction, to sunder �ir famili ,
to koock out �ir teeth, to bum
their flesh, to tarve �m into
ooedieree aod submission to their
mas rs?M tlarguethatasystem
thus marked with blood, and
tained with pollution, is wrong!
No! I will not. I have better
employment for my time and
trength than such arguments
would imply.
'What, then, remains to be ar­
gued? Is it that slavery is not divire;
that God did not establish it; that
our doctors of divinity are mis­
taken? There is blaspbemy in tre
tbooght, That which is inhuman,
cannot be divirel WOO can reason
on such a proposition? Trey that
can, may; I cannot. Tbe time for
uch argument is passed.
At a time like this, scorching
irony, not convincing argument, is
reeded. O! had I the ability, am
could reach the nation's ear, I
would, to-day, pour out a fiery
tream of biting ridicule, blasting
reproach, withering sarcasm, ani
tern rebuke. For it is rot light that
is reeded, but fire; it is not tbe gentle
h wcr, but thunder. We need tbe
storm, the whirlwind, and the
eartrquake. The feeling of tbe na­
tion must be quickered; the con­
science of the nation must be
roused; tbe propriety of tbe na­
tion-must be startled; the
hypocrisy of tre nation must be
exposed: and i� crimes against
God and man must be proclaimed
and deOOtIIlCOO� J
I • \, JOtae..t\U:M(IIaW�� 18
your 4th of July? I answer; a day
that reveals to him; more than an
other days in the year, the gross
injustice and cruelty to which be is
tbe nstant victim.
TO HIM, yourcelebrationisa
ham; your boasted liberty, an un­
boly license; your national great­
ress, swelling vanity; yoursourds
of rejoicing are empty and heart-
1 ; your dcnurciation of tyrants,
brass fronted impudence; your
bouts of liberty and equality, 001-
low mockery; your prayers am
hymns, your sermons and
thanksgivings, with all your
religious parade am solemnity,
are, to Him, mere bombast, fraud,
deception, impiety, ani hypocrisy­
a thin veil. to cover up crimes
which would disgrace a nation of
savages.
Tbere is not a nation on tre
earth guilty of practices more
h king and bloody than are tbe
people of tre United States, at �
very hour.
Behold tbe practical operation
of this internal lave-trade, tre
American lave-trade, ustained
by American politics and
American religion. Here you will
see men and women reared like
swine for tbe market
In g1aringviolation of justice, in
shamelss disregard of tre forms of
administering law, in cunning ar-
.;,I rangement to entrap tbe defeme­
less, and in diabolical intent this
Fugi tive Slave Law stards alone in
tbe annals of tyrannical legislation.
I doubt if there be anotler nation on
tbe globe having ue brass ani tre
baseness to put such a law on the
statute-boo If any man in this
assembly thinks differently from
me in this matter, am feels able to
disprove my statements, I will
gladly cOnfront him at any suitable
time ani place he may lect.
I take this law to be one of tre
t infringemenMfQuisti�
U rty, and, if tbe churches am
ministers of our country were not
tupidly blind, r most wickedly
indifferent, trey, , would so
regard it. ...
BUT HURCHofthis
country is not only imifferentto tm
wrong; of tre. lave, it actually
takes sides with the �rs. It
has mad i If the bulwark of
American lavcry,and tre hieldof
American lave-boners. Many of
i� most el nt Divines, woo
See PUSH, A10
Hi hl nd P r C mmumty
Coil ge I umnu ho turned
6,000 inve tment into 16 mil­
lion food busine , and don ted 1
million to endow pro e 0 hip
t Michl n St te Unive ity, w
honored by te community col-
lege organization.
Dr. Lewi J. inor, who
founded the L.J. Minor Corpora­
tion in Cleveland in 1952, and
erved vi iting profe or t
MSU for 20 yea , w pre ented
the Michigan Community College
ociation Alumnus of the Ye r
ward at the annual MCCA um­
mer workshop July 16-18 in
Traverse City.
Presenting the award wa
another Highland Park Com­
munity College alumnus, John H.
HOlloway, a HPCCBoard ofTrus­
tee member and the board's rep­
re entative to the MCCA.
Holloway wa elected Secretary
of the MCCA Executive Bo rd,
after nomination by MCCA Presi­
dent Robert J. Kent, a Kalamazoo
Valley Community College trus-
I 1952, he launched L.J.
Minor Corp., working to improve
ravies, nd
16 million
, when he
tepped down owner. He h
been Chairm n Emeritu nd
Senior Scientific Consultant ince
1985.
Dr. Minor ha been a edu tor
well busine man. He
tau ht t Roc y River High
School in uburban Clevel nd in
1959-60, nd wa vi iting profe -
or in MSU' School of Hotel,
Re taurant and In titutional
Management (HRIM) from 1964
to 1984. He lore earched and
wrote on food flavor and quality.
In January 1992, Dr. Minor and
hi wife, Ruth E. Minor, pre ented
the HRIM school with a 1 million
gift to create the first endowed
chef faculty po ition in any col­
lege in the world: The Dr. Lewi
J. and Mrs. Ruth E. Minor School
of HRIM Chef de Cuisine.
In addition to the recent com­
munity college alumnus award,
Dr. Minor ha earned many
profes ional citations.
Born in H rbor B h in
ichig n' Thumb, Dr. inor
gr du ted from the former St.
Benedict' High School in Hi h­
land Park in 1933, and from what
w ormerl y Highland P rk
Junior Colle e in 1937.
Dr. 'nor earned B.S. in Or-
anic Chern! try nd Ph ics from
Michig n State College (now
Unive ity) in 1939. He received
a M.S. in Analytical Chemistry
from Wayne (now State) Univer-
tty in 1944, and Ph.D. in Food
Science from MSU in 1964. He
did further tudy in food dehydra­
tion and irradition at world­
renowed Ma achusett Institute
of Technology (MI1) in 1965.
Dr. Minor wa technical direc­
tor for LaChoy F od in Detroit
(1940-42) and re earch manager
for Owen -Il l i noi in Toledo
(1943-44).
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