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Black Abolitionist Archive
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Title: Mary Ann Shadd Cary Speaker or author: Cary, Mary Ann Shadd, 1823-1893 Newspaper or publication: AD -- Ontario Archives -- Toronto, Canada -- Mary Shadd Cary Papers Copyright Permission granted by the Archives of Ontario (August 2007). -- Sermon regarding the role of women in slavery and society in general. Description of file(s): PDF 9 page, 1,327 word document (text and images) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Title: Lewis Hayden Speaker or author: Hayden, Lewis, 1815-1889 Newspaper or publication: Boston Athenaeum -- Pamphlet Collection Lengthy speech regarding the status of freed African Americans within the order of Freemasonry. The speaker stressed concern over growing racial prejudice within the order. He was also concerned that President Andrew Johnson was not doing anything to combat the increasing racial prejudice within the U.S. The speaker paid special attention to the wording of the Freemason doctrine regarding membership. He also gave a brief history of the order, including its goals, moral obligations and social commitment. This speech contains valuable information regarding the influence of Freemasonry in the founding of the U. S. Description of file(s): PDF 56 page, 17,480 word document (text and images) |
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Title: Mary Ann Shadd [Cary] Speaker or author: Cary, Mary Ann Shadd, 1823-1893 Newspaper or publication: British Banner Brief speech regarding fugitive slaves who had escaped to Canada and were now prospering there. The speaker called for action to promote the freedom to settle in Canada by all those who desired to do so regardless of race. Description of file(s): PDF 1 page, 200 word document (text and image) |
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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 |
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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) |
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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 |
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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 |
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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) |
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Title: John N. Lewis Speaker or author: Lewis, John N. Newspaper or publication: Emancipator Speech regarding the irony of missionary work in Africa by men who are slaves in the U.S. and not allowed to read the Bible. Emphasis is placed on the question of civil rights in the U.S. Description of file(s): PDF 6 page, 1,278 word document (text and images) |
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Title: Lewis Hayden Speaker or author: Hayden, Lewis, 1815-1889 Newspaper or publication: Frederick Douglass' Paper Debate between Mr. Hayden and Mr. Githell, a slaveholder, over the morality of slavery. The speaker said it was immoral to hold human beings as property. Mr. Githell's point was that while he was against slavery, each of his slaves represented a monetary investment that he wanted to be compensated for. Mr. Githell believed God would end slavery, but that this couldn't happen yet because the slave offered economic prosperity to the slaveholder. Description of file(s): PDF 2 page, 433 word document (text and images) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Title: Edumund Kelly Speaker or author: Kelly, Edmund, b. 1818 Newspaper or publication: Freeman's Journal Anecdotal speech regarding one man's experience with slavery. Although his father was Irish, his mother's race determined his condition as property of a slaveholder. Description of file(s): PDF 3 page, 745 word document (text and images) |
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Title: Edmund Kelly Speaker or author: Kelly, Edmund, b. 1818 Newspaper or publication: Freeman's Journal Anecdotal speech regarding one man's experience within the system of slavery. Description of file(s): PDF 2 page, 356 word document (text and images) |