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Black Abolitionist Archive
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Subtitle: Union. Title: Provincial Freeman - March 24, 1853 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859) The writer points to the cultural divisions in other countries based on religion and region and compares these with the racial divisions in the U.S. He notes that union within a society is important, but not at the expense of individual moral principles. Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column |
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Subtitle: American Liberty. Title: Voice of the Fugitive - November 5, 1851 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852) The writer compares and contrasts the meaning of liberty to the French and to the Americans. Description of file(s): two scanned newspaper pages (three columns) |
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Subtitle: Colored Men Awake to Your Interest. Title: Voice of the Fugitive - January 15, 1852 Speaker or author: G. Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852) The writer responds to an article published in another newspaper urging people of African (and Irish) descent to buy land now in Canada, and settle in a country that's less hostile to them than the U.S. Description of file(s): two scanned newspaper pages (three columns) |
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Subtitle: A Speech and a Comment. Title: Weekly Anglo-African - February 1, 1862 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862) Brief review of a speech delivered by Charles Lenox Remond on the 29th anniversary of the Massacusetts Anti-Slavery Society. The speaker praised the work of the society and addressed issues of the day. Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page |
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Subtitle: The Anglo-African and the Irrepressible Conflict. Title: Weekly Anglo-African - February 4, 1860 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862) Commentary on how misinformation is spread throughout the country via unscrupulous newspaper reporting. He cites the New York Herald as being particularly good at this type of prejudicial reporting which just adds to the racial tension already present between the free states in the north the and slave states in the south. Description of file(s): one scanned, three columned, newspaper page |
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Subtitle: What a Breeze! Title: Weekly Anglo-African - November 12, 1859 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862) The writer describes the fearful atmosphere of the country following the actions of John Brown and during the days of his trial. Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page |
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Subtitle: Passing For--Colored. Title: Weekly Anglo-African - October 26, 1861 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862) The writer discusses caste and prejudice in the U.S. and Hayti. Prejudice in Hayti is mostly based in caste, with those of African descent fighting against mulattoes. In the U.S. prejudice is based in race and nationality and often leveled at the Irish and German immigrants equally with African Americans. Description of file(s): two scanned newspaper pages (three columns) |
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Subtitle: The "Irrepressible Conflict." Title: Weekly Anglo-African - January 14, 1860 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862) The writer discusses the political life of William H. Seward. He includes with this commentary on how the actions of John Brown at Harper's Ferry were affecting the political situation in the country. Description of file(s): one scanned, three columned, newspaper page |
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Subtitle: John Clancy on George Bancroft. Title: Weekly Anglo-African - March 8, 1862 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862) The writer gives brief biographical portraits of George Bancroft and John Clancey, including his opinions of these two men. Description of file(s): two scanned, two columned, newspaper pages |
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Subtitle: New Books. Title: Weekly Anglo-African - January 19, 1861 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862) The writer offers a brief review of a new book published by African explorer Robert Campbell. He comments on Campbell's findings that slavery is prevalent in Africa, and on other interesting information about the country. He tells his readers that if it had not been for the existence of slavery in Africa, there would be no slavery in the U.S.; that slavery existed there thousands of years before the discovery of America. Description of file(s): one scanned, three columned, newspaper page |
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Subtitle: A New Way to Pay Old Debts. Title: Weekly Anglo-African - January 21, 1860 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862) The writer re-writes a popular play and uses it as an allegory of the current state of the "peculiar institution" of slavery that is dividing the country. Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page |
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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) |
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Subtitle: Our Paper. Title: Weekly Anglo-African - July 23, 1859 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862) The writer stresses the importance and value of a weekly newspaper to people of African descent. The newspaper offers not only news that affects them directly, but also a sense of community and support in working together toward a common cause of elevation and improvement. Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Subtitle: Mr. Garnet's Reply to Dr. James M'Cune Smith. Title: Weekly Anglo-African - January 19, 1861 Speaker or author: Smith, James McCune, 1813-1865 Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862) The writer sternly responds to a letter previously published in the newspaper. He defends his affiliation with the African Civilization Society and insists that it is not associated with Colonization in any fashion. Description of file(s): two scanned, two columned, newspaper pages |
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Subtitle: Mr. Jones Title: Thomas Cordoza Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862) Lively and interesting debate regarding the question "Which has sustained the most injustice at the hands of the American people, the American Indian or the Anglo-African?" Description of file(s): PDF 5 page, 1,099 word document (text and images) |