American Anti-Slavery Group

AASG President Charles Jacobs is presented with the Boston Freedom Award by Coretta Scott King.

“I have for some time now admired your passionate, effective advocacy of the contemporary anti-slavery cause, and I have been proud to have been of assistance to you in renewing this fight for the most basic of human rights… You are entitled to feel very proud of having created this movement within the U.S.”
—Congressman Barney Frank

“The American Anti-Slavery Group has developed a simple but effective strategy of building awareness that slavery is not history, identifying clear advocacy goals, and invited educated and popular activism. You have provided a platform to survivors of slavery, lobbied Congress and the UN for sanctions, and mobilized thousands of student activists across the country.”
—Gloria Steinem

“I am personally inspired by your tireless dedication to alleviate the oppression of chattel slavery. Your efforts have given a powerful voice and new hope to the victims of this festering injustice.”
—Coretta Scott King

“The American Anti-Slavery Group [has] broken through the wall of silence that surrounds slavery.”
—Boston Globe, April 27, 1999

“The American Anti-Slavery Group has done more to bring an end to black slavery than anyone else.”
—Village Voice syndicated columnist Nat Hentoff Awards

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