Black Abolitionist Archive

Title: Charles Lenox Remond

Speaker or author: Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873

Newspaper or publication: Anglo-African

Overview of speech encouraging the audience to continue their efforts for freedom until "... the ruling power was shamed into doing them justice." The speaker stressed the necessity of fighting for African American suffrage even though they were now free.

Description of file(s): PDF 1 page, 187 word document (text and image)

Title: Charles Lenox Remond

Speaker or author: Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873

Newspaper or publication: Anti-Slavery Advocate

Brief remarks regarding recent events that the speaker said were encouraging regarding the struggle towards freedom for the slaves.

Description of file(s): PDF 1 page, 133 word document (text and image)

Title: Charles Lenox Remond

Speaker or author: Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873

Newspaper or publication: Anti-Slavery Bugle

Brief speech in which the speaker noted the low attendance of the meeting. The speaker said he hoped this would not dampen the determination of the committee to work towards breaking the hold the institution of slavery held on the country.

Description of file(s): PDF 1 page, 143 word document (text and image)

Title: Charles Lenox Remond

Speaker or author: Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873

Newspaper or publication: Anti-Slavery Bugle

The speaker's topic was "Prejudice against Color." He emphasized that he had not experienced prejudice during his travels in Europe, but had encountered it only in the U.S. He believed prejudice to be "unnatural" and that a human being should be recognized for his character and moral worth instead of the color of his skin.

Description of file(s): PDF 2 page, 334 word document (text and images)

Title: Charles Lenox Remond

Speaker or author: Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873

Newspaper or publication: Anti-Slavery Reporter

Speech against the goals and ideals of the American Colonization Society. The speaker stressed that this society works against and not for the free people of color. He also addressed a secret resolution passed in Virginia in 1800 and again in 1816 that attempted to establish a colony in Louisiana for free people of color in order to remove them from Virginia.

Description of file(s): PDF 7 page, 2,703 word document (text and images)

Title: Charles Lenox Remond

Speaker or author: Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873

Newspaper or publication: Anti-Slavery Reporter

Speech delivered in London before the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society (attended by the Duke of Sussex and other dignitaries), regarding the plight of the slave in the United States.

Description of file(s): PDF 3 page, 904 word document (text and images)

Subtitle: The Present an Age of Hope.

Title: Colored American - April 8, 1837

Speaker or author: Ray, Charles B. (Charles Bennett), 1807-1886

Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)

The writer emphasizes the hope and expectation for universal emancipation, civil rights, and acceptance that African Americans desire.

Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page

Subtitle: Emigration of Colored People to Canada.

Title: Colored American - November 18, 1837

Speaker or author: Ray, Charles B. (Charles Bennett), 1807-1886

Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)

The writer notes that most African Americans are immigrating to Canada to find relief from prejudice and unemployment. He urges them instead to immigrate to Wisconsin, which is currently being settled. Land there is inexpensive, the territory is beautiful, and people live together harmoniously.

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

Subtitle: Female Education.

Title: Colored American - March 18, 1837

Speaker or author: Ray, Charles B. (Charles Bennett), 1807-1886

Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)

The writer notes that the education women receive stresses "manners and grace," with a "smattering" of science. The education women receive is impractical and even though it seeks to prepare them for marriage, it doesn't offer them a way of doing so in any practical sense. He suggests that women be taught household management and other domestic skills to enhance their future well-being whether married or not.

Description of file(s): one scanned, one columned, newspaper page

Subtitle: Editorial Correspondence.

Title: Colored American - December 2, 1837

Speaker or author: Ray, Charles B. (Charles Bennett), 1807-1886

Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)

The writer reports on African American libraries, schools, and churches he visited while in Philadelphia.

Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page

Title: Charles Lenox Remond

Speaker or author: Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873

Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)

Speech delivered before the Rhode Island State Anti-Slavery Society in response to a resolution regarding the help of abolitionists in finding employment for freed slaves.

Description of file(s): PDF 3 page, 795 word document (text and images)

Title: Charles Lenox Remond

Speaker or author: Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873

Newspaper or publication: Frederick Douglass' Paper

Brief overview of a speech expressing an appreciation for the endurance of African Americans who were dealing with the cruelties of slavery and prejudice. The speaker encouraged them to defend their rights even if it meant being "traitors" to the government.

Description of file(s): PDF 1 page, 156 word document (text and image)

Title: Charles Lenox Remond

Speaker or author: Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873

Newspaper or publication: Frederick Douglass' Paper

Speech comparing the fugitive slave rescue experiences in Syracuse with similar rescues in Boston. The speaker stressed that injustices and prejudices are not only prevalent in both cities, but in the entire country.

Description of file(s): PDF 3 page, 754 word document (text and images)

Title: Charles Lenox Remond

Speaker or author: Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873

Newspaper or publication: Freeman's Journal (Dublin)

Speech given in Dublin regarding the current condition of slaves and slavery in the U.S. in an effort to rally support for the abolitionist cause in America.

Description of file(s): PDF 4 page, 1,246 word document (text and images)

Title: Charles Reason

Speaker or author: Reason, Charles Lewis, 1818-1893

Newspaper or publication: Impartial Citizen

Brief speech by Charles Reason, professor at New York Central College describing the college and the area surrounding its location.

Description of file(s): PDF 1 page, 179 word document (text and images)

Title: Charles Lenox Remond

Speaker or author: Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873

Newspaper or publication: Legion of Liberty and Force of Truth

Speech given in Dublin regarding the irony of slavery in a country (America) which stresses freedom and equality above all else. Emphasis is placed on the hopeless and helpless condition of every slave living in the U.S.

Description of file(s): PDF 2 page, 454 word document (text and images)

Title: Charles V. Caples

Speaker or author: Caples, Charles V.

Newspaper or publication: Liberator

Short address on the second anniversary of the Colored Young Men's Debating Society in which the speaker acknowledged the benefits and successes of the society.

Description of file(s): PDF 2 page, 320 word document (images and text)

Title: Charles Lenox Remond

Speaker or author: Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873

Newspaper or publication: Liberator

Impromptu speech given in response to a remark made by a government official comparing granting freedom to the slaves with allowing wild animals to roam free.

Description of file(s): PDF 3 page, 920 word document (text and images)

Title: Charles Lenox Remond

Speaker or author: Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873

Newspaper or publication: Liberator

Speech given before the Paisley Temperance Society regarding the cooperation existing between the temperance and anti-slavery movements. By joining forces, both movements hoped to reach their goals for social change.

Description of file(s): PDF 4 page, 1,150 word document (text and images)

Title: Charles Lenox Remond

Speaker or author: Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873

Newspaper or publication: Liberator

Speech delivered in Dublin, Ireland before a meeting of the Hibernian Anti-Slavery Society to elicit support for the anti-slavery movements in the U.S.

Description of file(s): PDF 1 page, 268 word document (text and images)