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Black Abolitionist Archive
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Title: George Thomas Downing Speaker or author: Downing, George T. (George Thomas), 1819-1903 Newspaper or publication: Pine and Palm Speech denouncing the colonization efforts of the U.S. with regard to both the American Colonization Society and the African Civilization Society. Description of file(s): PDF 1 page, 288 word document (text and image) |
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Title: William Howard Day Speaker or author: Day, William Howard, d. 1900 Newspaper or publication: Presscopy -- Birmingham, England -- Public Libraryq The speaker presented an overview of the goals of the African Aid Society to help fugitive slaves who had escaped to Canada immigrate to Africa. He blamed the over-reliance on the economic value of cotton for continued slavery in the U.S. Description of file(s): PDF 1 page, 374 word document (text and image) |
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Title: Henry Highland Garnet Speaker or author: Garnet, Henry Highland, 1815-1882 Newspaper or publication: Presscopy -- Boston Athenaeum -- Pamphlet Collection The speaker responded to remarks criticizing the African Civilization Society as being established only as a money making scheme. The speaker stressed that it was a very valuable means to educate African American children and to improve the race in general. Description of file(s): PDF 1 page, 394 word document (text and image) |
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Subtitle: The Slave Trade. Title: Weekly Anglo-African - April 27, 1861 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862) Although illegal, greed and corruption within government agencies has kept alive the African Slave Trade. The writer expects the Lincoln Administration to put an end to this once and for all. Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column |
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Subtitle: Our Enterprise. Title: Weekly Anglo-African - June 9, 1860 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862) The editor responds to an article published in another newspaper regarding African American publications such as the Anglo-African Magazine. He discusses the overall racial oppression in the U.S. that makes this type of publication difficult but at the same time extremely important. Description of file(s): two scanned newspaper pages (three columns) |
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Subtitle: The Last Gun from the Satanic Press. Title: Weekly Anglo-African - April 14, 1860 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862) The writer compares the living conditions of the black and white populations in New York City. He also shares a comparison of the way the local press is reporting these conditions and how this reporting is racially biased. He shares with his readers the current status of the Anglo-African publications, and the daily social pressures endured by the editor and staff. Description of file(s): two scanned, three columned, newspaper pages |
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Subtitle: What shall be done with the Freedmen? Title: Weekly Anglo-African - November 30, 1861 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862) The writer discusses options for accepting newly freed slaves into the social structure. He uses the West Indies after emancipation as an example. He notes that in many ways poor white people in the slave states are "lower than the slaves; they are slaves without masters." He wonders here if the government, in an effort to raise the status of these poor white citizens, will indirectly raise the status of the slaves once they are free. Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page |
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Subtitle: The Weekly Anglo-African. Title: Weekly Anglo-African - December 15, 1860 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862) The writer encourages current subscribers to continue their subscriptions, and new readers to subscribe. He emphasizes the value of the newspaper; and adds that those who "send us three yearly subscriptions" will receive a bound copy of the Anglo-African Magazine..." Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page |
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Subtitle: America Versus Liberia. Title: Weekly Anglo-African - July 23, 1859 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862) The writer relates the story of a recent immigrant to Liberia who was charged an excess duty when attempting to ship produce from Liberia to the U.S. This, he believes, is an injustice and not encouraging of friendly relations with the U.S.'s own colony in Africa. Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page |
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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - May 4, 1861 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862) The writer tells his readers that an "Anglo-African" is an "Englishman of African descent," not African American. Since there are so few Anglo-Africans in the U.S., the newspaper will be changing its name "week after next." He doesn't, however, tell readers what the new name will be. Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column |
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Title: Henry Highland Garnet Speaker or author: Garnet, Henry Highland, 1815-1882 Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862) Lively and debated speech in which the speaker defended his position on the colonization of Africa by free people of color. The speaker was for Colonization, but felt that his position on this effort had been misunderstood. (This speech is continued in speech 21063 and these two speeches are combined here.) Description of file(s): PDF 26 page, 6,279 word document (text and images) |
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Title: Henry Highland Garnet Speaker or author: Garnet, Henry Highland, 1815-1882 Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862) The speaker supported the goals and motivations of the African Civilization Society. He stressed that the motivation behind the funding of immigration to Africa is to confirm friendly relations with the native people, to purchase land for immigrants, to build schools and churches, to promote lawful commerce, and to encourage the spread of Christianity. Description of file(s): PDF 5 page, 1,066 word document (text and images) |
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Title: Henry Highland Garnet Speaker or author: Garnet, Henry Highland, 1815-1882 Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862) The speaker approves of the civilization goals of the African Aid Society that proposes to move black families from Canada to Africa. He believes this offers a postive way to improve the lives of all concerned, and provide England with a different source for cotton. Like many abolitionists, he believes that slavery is mainly continued in the U.S. based on the money made from the production of cotton. Description of file(s): PDF 6 page, 1,360 word document (text and images) |
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Title: John Sella Martin Speaker or author: Martin, J. Sella (John Sella), b. 1832 Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862) While introducing Henry Highland Garnet, the speaker said he supported the African Civilization Society's efforts in Africa. He praised Mr. Garnet's work towards freedom and dedication to the cause of abolition. Description of file(s): PDF 6 page, 1,273 word document (text and images) |