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Black Abolitionist Archive
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Title: Robert Purvis Speaker or author: Purvis, Robert, 1810-1898 Newspaper or publication: Abolitionist Speech given against the idea of the colonization of Africa by freed people of color. Description of file(s): PDF 2 page, 374 word document (images and text) |
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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: Robert Purvis Speaker or author: Purvis, Robert, 1810-1898 Newspaper or publication: Anti-Slavery Advocate The speaker expressed his doubts that the present government would ever abolish slavery since they refused to allow African Americans to become soldiers. He also pointed out that the Dred Scott decision demonstrated the government's true position on the idea of emancipation. Description of file(s): PDF 1 page, 269 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: Sarah Parker Remond Speaker or author: Remond, Sarah Parker, 1826-1887? Newspaper or publication: Anti-Slavery Advocate
Overview of speech delivered before a packed house in Bury, England. The speaker praised the efforts of women to help the poor, the enslaved and the helpless. Description of file(s): PDF 2 page, 314 word document (text and images) |
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Title: Sarah Parker Remond Speaker or author: Remond, Sarah Parker, 1826-1887? Newspaper or publication: Anti-Slavery Advocate Speech delivered before an audience in England recounting the horrors of slavery and emphasizing the sheer numbers of enslaved human beings in the U.S. Description of file(s): PDF 2 page, 545 word document |
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Title: Sarah Parker Remond Speaker or author: Remond, Sarah Parker, 1826-1887? Newspaper or publication: Anti-Slavery Advocate The speaker stressed the plight of women and children subjected to slavery in the southern states. She spoke before an English audience in London and pleaded for their assistance in the battle for emancipation in the U.S. Description of file(s): PDF 2 page, 588 word document (text and images) |
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Title: Sarah Parker Remond Speaker or author: Remond, Sarah Parker, 1826-1887? Newspaper or publication: Anti-Slavery Advocate Speech given before an audience in Dublin, Ireland, addressed the issue of slavery in the U.S. and called on Great Britain to aid in the effort to abolish it. The speaker focused on the plight of women caught up in this system. Description of file(s): PDF 16 page, 4,397 word document (text and images) |
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Title: Sarah Parker Remond Speaker or author: Remond, Sarah Parker, 1826-1887? Newspaper or publication: Anti-Slavery Advocate Brief overview of a speech given before an audience in England asking for their help in abolishing slavery in the U.S. The speaker stressed the part of the Church in influencing the continuation of slavery by condoning it. Description of file(s): PDF 1 page, 224 word document (text and image) |
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Title: Sarah Parker Remond Speaker or author: Remond, Sarah Parker, 1826-1887? Newspaper or publication: Anti-Slavery Advocate Impassioned speech describing the horrors of slavery. The speaker stressed that the economics of the cotton industry was continuing the institution of slavery. She also emphasized the influence of the Church in continuing slavery by condoning it. Description of file(s): PDF 4 page, 1,158 word document (text and images) |
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Title: Sarah Parker Remond Speaker or author: Remond, Sarah Parker, 1826-1887? Newspaper or publication: Anti-Slavery Advocate Speech given before an English audience regarding the condition of slavery in the U.S. The speaker emphasized the influence of the Church and the "cotton monopoly" in continuing the institution of slavery. She also spoke of the untiring work of abolitionists in the U.S., the efforts of the African Civilization Society, and the role of women in the effort to end slavery. Description of file(s): PDF 8 page, 2,119 word document (text and images) |
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Title: Sarah Parker Remond Speaker or author: Remond, Sarah Parker, 1826-1887? Newspaper or publication: Anti-Slavery Advocate Overview of a speech delivered in Scotland regarding the condition of slavery in the U.S. The speaker stressed the horrors of the continued system of tyranny that was in place. She asked for support for the ongoing fight for freedom. (Speech 22860 is a duplicate of this speech.) Description of file(s): PDF 2 page, 598 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 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: Sarah Parker Remond Speaker or author: Remond, Sarah Parker, 1826-1887? Newspaper or publication: Anti-Slavery Reporter The speaker stressed the plight of women and children subjected to slavery in the southern states. She spoke before an English audience in London and pleaded for their assistance in the battle for emancipation in the U.S. Description of file(s): PDF 3 page, 761 word document (text and images) |
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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 |