Henry Highland Garnet (1815-1882) was an African-American abolitionist, minister, and orator. Born into slavery in Maryland, Garnet escaped to New York in 1824. He was educated at the Noyes Academy in Canaan, New Hampshire, and later attended the Oneida Institute in Whitesboro, New York. Garnet was an influential figure in the abolitionist movement, delivering a powerful speech at the National Negro Convention in Buffalo, New York in 1843. He was the first African-American to address the United States House of Representatives, and he was appointed as the first African-American minister to Liberia in 1881. Garnet was also a prolific writer, publishing several books and pamphlets on the topics of slavery, abolition, and civil rights. His most famous work is A Memorial Discourse, which was delivered in 1848 at the funeral of abolitionist David Ruggles.
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