Black Abolitionist Archive

Title: William Wells Brown

Speaker or author: Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884

Newspaper or publication: North Star

Brief speech encouraging the backing of the Irish people in the abolition of slavery in the U.S. The speaker compared the liberation of slaves to the liberation of the Irish Catholic people by Daniel O'Connell.

Description of file(s): PDF 3 page, 657 word document (text and images)

Subtitle: Mr. Calhoun and the Irish.

Title: Palladium of Liberty - May 22, 1844

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Palladium of Liberty (1843 - 1844)

The writer comments on the opinions of John C. Calhoun and Daniel O'Connell on the subjects of freedom and liberty for both the Irish and the American slaves.

Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column

Title: Samuel Ringgold Ward

Speaker or author: Ward, Samuel Ringgold, b. 1817

Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman

Speech regarding the horrors of slavery, and the benefits of missionary work in spreading Christianity and helping the slaves.

Description of file(s): PDF 7 page, 1,639 word document (text and images)

Subtitle: National Prejudices.

Title: Provincial Freeman - January 6, 1855

Speaker or author: S.

Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859)

The writer discusses the wars in other parts of the world and how other countries are dealing with their social prejudices. The U.S. too stands on the verge of war influenced by social unrest regarding racial prejudice. In Canada, prejudice exists (the example of the Scotch, Irish, and English is given), but not to the extent that it does in other countries.

Description of file(s): two scanned newspaper pages (three columns)

Subtitle: The Law of Nature.

Title: Weekly Anglo-African - January 28, 1860

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)

The writer responds to a speech given by Charles O'Connor in which he proclaimed that slavery was "ordained by nature." The writer points out several theories to the contrary proposed by some of the world's greatest thinkers.

Description of file(s): two scanned newspaper pages (four columns)

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)

Title: Henry Highland Garnet

Speaker or author: Garnet, Henry Highland, 1815-1882

Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)

Speech denouncing the words and political actions of Charles "Pat" O'Conor when speaking against emancipation of U.S. slaves. The speaker said that he would have assumed the Negro race would have had a friend in Charles "Pat" O'Conor since he was from Ireland. However, O'Conor had cautioned the U.S. government that freed slaves would turn against the white population.

Description of file(s): PDF 3 page, 586 word document (text and images)

Title: Jeremiah Powers

Speaker or author: Powers, Jeremiah

Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)

Speech given in response to derogatory remarks made by Charles O'Conor regarding African Americans and slavery.

Description of file(s): PDF 5 page, 1,168 word document (text and images)

Title: James McCune Smith

Speaker or author: Smith, James McCune, 1813-1865

Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)

Speech denouncing the words and political actions of Charles O'Conor in his opposition of emancipation. The speaker noted that O'Conor had said that "...slavery is 'ordained by nature' and is 'an institution created by nature itself,' which 'carries with it duties for the black man and duties for the white, which duties cannot be performed except by the preservation and perpetuation of the system;' ..."

Description of file(s): PDF 3 page, 782 word document (text and images)

Title: Theodore S. Wright Titus

Speaker or author: Titus, Theodore S. Wright

Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)

Brief speech given in response to derogatory remarks regarding slavery made by Charles O'Conor.

Description of file(s): PDF 2 page, 311 word document (text and images)