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Black Abolitionist Archive
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Title: Edward Wilmot Blyden Speaker or author: Blyden, Edward Wilmot, 1832-1912. Newspaper or publication: African Repository Speech describing the geographical and cultural aspects of Ethiopia, Liberia and other explored areas of Africa. The speaker encouraged an evangelical approach to colonization of Africa. Description of file(s): PDF 18 page, 7,230 word document (text and images) |
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Title: Edward Wilmot Blyden Speaker or author: Blyden, Edward Wilmot, 1832-1912. Newspaper or publication: African Repository Inaugural speech given at the founding of the first college in West Africa. The speaker stressed the importance of education in the formation of Liberia. Description of file(s): PDF 22 page, 8,619 word document (text and images) |
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Title: Edward Wilmot Blyden Speaker or author: Blyden, Edward Wilmot, 1832-1912. Newspaper or publication: African Repository The speaker described life in Africa with the U.S. colonization efforts taking place there. He encouraged freed slaves to immigrate and participate in the colonization of Liberia and Ethiopia. Description of file(s): PDF 4 page, 1,331 word document (text and images) |
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Title: Edward Wilmot Blyden Speaker or author: Blyden, Edward Wilmot, 1832-1912. Newspaper or publication: African Repository Speech delivered on the 18th anniversary of Liberian Independence. The speaker stressed the accomplishments of the nation of Liberia and suggested amendments to its constitution. Description of file(s): PDF 10 page, 4,406 word document (text and images) |
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Title: James Theodore Holly Speaker or author: Holly, James Theodore Newspaper or publication: African Repository Sermon in tribute of Bishop Francis Burns, emphasizing his successful career and missionary work in Africa. Description of file(s): PDF 5 page, 3,407 word document (text and images) |
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Title: William Andrew Jackson Speaker or author: Jackson, William Andrew, b. 1832 Newspaper or publication: Anti-Slavery Advocate Brief overview of speech by the coachman of Jefferson Davis (who had recently escaped and settled in England) describing his experience with slavery. (See duplicate speech 26152.) Description of file(s): PDF 1 page, 301 word document (text and image) |
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Title: John Sella Martin Speaker or author: Martin, J. Sella (John Sella), b. 1832 Newspaper or publication: Anti-Slavery Advocate Brief speech praising the work of William Lloyd Garrison, Wendell Phillips, and John Brown. The speaker said that just because there is no news of discontent from the slaves in the South does not mean that they are happy with their situation. Description of file(s): PDF 1 page, 134 word document (text and image) |
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Title: James McCune Smith Speaker or author: Smith, James McCune, 1813-1865 Newspaper or publication: Anti-Slavery Bugle Speech encouraging the National Council of the Colored People to continue work on the promises they established in their previous meeting. These promises included the elevation of the race through education, political advances, and civil rights in every state. Description of file(s): PDF 6 page, 1,520 word document (text and images) |
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Title: James W. C. Pennington Speaker or author: Pennington, James W. C. Newspaper or publication: Anti-Slavery Reporter Speech given in protest of the British idea for people to immigrate from Africa to the West Indies to work in that country. The speaker argued that this was just another form of slavery under the guise of immigration. (Speech 06979 is a duplicate of this speech.) Description of file(s): PDF 4 page, 1,594 word document (text and images) |
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Title: J. W. C. Pennington Speaker or author: Pennington, James W. C. Newspaper or publication: Anti-Slavery Reporter Speech regarding the colonization of Africa in terms of emigration, and the continued injustices of American slavery. The speaker offered praise for the work of American abolitionists in their efforts to correct state constitutions that included wording that implied the superiority of the white population in America. Description of file(s): PDF 3 page, 1,222 word document (text and images) |
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Title: J. W. C. Pennington Speaker or author: Pennington, James W. C. Newspaper or publication: Anti-Slavery Reporter The speaker stressed that the people of color in the U.S. will never be reconciled to slavery, although they do express a love of this country. Description of file(s): PDF 1 page, 208 word document (text and image) |
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Title: J. W. C. Pennington Speaker or author: Pennington, James W. C. Newspaper or publication: Anti-Slavery Reporter Speech given during a celebration of the August 1st anniversary of the emancipation of the British West Indies stressing the progress of the anti-slavery movements and abolition in the U. S. Description of file(s): PDF 5 page, 2,020 word document (text and images) |
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Title: J. W. C. Pennington Speaker or author: Pennington, James W. C. Newspaper or publication: Christian Freeman Speech given on the injustices and prejudices against people of color in the Christian churches with emphasis placed on how this treatment is not in accordance with Christian teaching. Description of file(s): PDF 4 page, 967 word document (text and images) |
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Title: J. W. C. Pennington Speaker or author: Pennington, James W. C. Newspaper or publication: Christian News Speech delivered in Edinburgh, Scotland regarding the institution of slavery in the U.S. The speaker emphasized the immorality of slavery from a Christian perspective. Description of file(s): PDF 4 page, 1,059 word document (text and images) |
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Title: J. W. C. Pennington Speaker or author: Pennington, James W. C. Newspaper or publication: Christian News Review of a speech calling for unconditional emancipation of slaves in the U.S. in similar fashion to the way slaves were freed in Egypt. The speaker disagreed with the idea of financial compensation of the slaveholders for each freed slave. Description of file(s): PDF 4 page, 1,100 word document (text and images) |
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Title: J. W. C. Pennington Speaker or author: Pennington, James W. C. Newspaper or publication: Christian News Speech regarding the ongoing debate about whether slaves are content with their lives. The speaker was responding to another speaker who expressed his belief that the "social condition" of U.S. slaves was positive and offered an example of their general contentment. Description of file(s): PDF 2 page, 368 word document (text and images) |
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Title: James H. Harris Speaker or author: Harris, James H., 1832-1891 Newspaper or publication: Christian Recorder (1852 - 1856) Brief speech in which the speaker encouraged the newly freed slaves to stay in the southern states and not migrate to the north. The speaker felt that African American had more friends among the white population in the south than in the north. Description of file(s): PDF 2 page, 412 word document (text and images) |
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Title: James Walker Hood Speaker or author: Hood, J. W. (James Walker), 1831-1918 Newspaper or publication: Christian Recorder (1852 - 1856) The speaker stressed that the ideas of colonization and "exportation" were nonsense. He emphasized that African Americans had four major requests: 1) the allowance to testify in court, 2) the right to serve on a jury, 3) the right to act as counsel for a black defendant, 4) the right to vote. Description of file(s): PDF 2 page, 404 word document (text and images) |
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Title: James McCune Smith Speaker or author: Smith, James McCune, 1813-1865 Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842) Farewell address given by James McCune Smith before an assembly at the university in Glasgow after receiving his degree and before returning to the U.S. Description of file(s): PDF 3 page, 655 word document (text and images) |
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Title: James McCune Smith Speaker or author: Smith, James McCune, 1813-1865 Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842) Response to welcome home address given to James McCune Smith on his return from Scotland where he earned his degree at the university in Glasgow. The benefits of education were emphasized. Description of file(s): PDF 5 page, 1,150 word document (text and images) |