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Black Abolitionist Archive
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Title: Charles Lenox Remond Speaker or author: Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873 Newspaper or publication: National Anti-Slavery Standard Speech following a resolution that the speaker offered emphasizing the lack of funding available to carry out the goals of the American Colonization Society. The speaker expressed his belief that the idea to colonize Africa with the "nominally free" African Americans was a scheme to "dupe" the American people out of large sums of money. Description of file(s): PDF 8 page, 2,581 word document (text and images) |
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Title: James McCune Smith Speaker or author: Smith, James McCune, 1813-1865 Newspaper or publication: National Anti-Slavery Standard The speaker, a physician at the Coloured Orphan Asylum, gave a presentation of a young African Bushman named Henry who had been recently placed in the orphanage. Mr. Smith gave an overview of Henry's history, the Bushmen tribe he belonged to, and called attention to Henry's mental and physical capacities. Description of file(s): PDF 6 page, 1,821 word document (text and images) |
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Title: Alexander Crummell Speaker or author: Crummell, Alexander, 1819-1898 Newspaper or publication: Non Conformist Brief speech regarding the effect the American cotton growers and their slave labor have on the world economy. The speaker called for Britain to stop buying and using products produced with slave labor. (Speech 09789 is a duplicate of this speech.) Description of file(s): PDF 3 page, 614 word document (text and images) |
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Title: William Wells Brown Speaker or author: Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884 Newspaper or publication: NonConformist Overview of a lengthy speech given before an audience of between 2,000 and 3,000 people in Worcester, England, on the cruelties and horrors of slavery in the U.S., a country that was founded on freedom. (Speech 10137 is a duplicate of this speech.) (Includes MP3 audio file.) Description of file(s): PDF 3 page, 674 word document (text and images) |
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Title: William Wells Brown Speaker or author: Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884 Newspaper or publication: North Star Brief speech encouraging the backing of the Irish people in the abolition of slavery in the U.S. The speaker compared the liberation of slaves to the liberation of the Irish Catholic people by Daniel O'Connell. Description of file(s): PDF 3 page, 657 word document (text and images) |
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Title: William Wells Brown Speaker or author: Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884 Newspaper or publication: North Star Speech given during a ceremony welcoming the speaker to England. The speaker addressed the audience on the horrors of slavery, the injustices of the U. S. laws that allowed slaveholders to abuse their slaves, and the general prejudice of the American people towards all people of color. Description of file(s): PDF 9 page, 2,267 word document (text and images) |
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Title: William Wells Brown Speaker or author: Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884 Newspaper or publication: North Star Speech given during a public meeting in London illustrating the cruelties and injustices of American slavery. Description of file(s): PDF 4 page, 973 word document (text and images) |
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Title: William Wells Brown Speaker or author: Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884 Newspaper or publication: North Star Brief speech acknowledging the emancipation of the French people from tyranny and slavery during the revolutions of 1848. (Includes MP3 audio file.) Description of file(s): PDF 1 page, 222 word document (text and image) |
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Title: Abner H. Francis Speaker or author: Francis, Abner H. Newspaper or publication: North Star Speech delivered to celebrate the anniversary of the emancipation of the British West Indies. The speaker recounted the history of slavery, the successes of those who had overcome slavery in the past, and the potential of those abolitionists who he believes will abolish slavery forever after. Description of file(s): PDF 17 page, 4,145 word document (text and images) |
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Title: John Peck Speaker or author: Peck, John, of Pittsburgh Newspaper or publication: North Star Excerpt from an address on the responsibility of churches in the continuation of prejudice and slavery. The speaker emphasized the implied approval the Church exhibited towards slavery which goes against Christian doctrine. Description of file(s): PDF 5 page, 940 word document (text and images) |
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Title: George Weir, Jr. Speaker or author: Weir, George, Jr. Newspaper or publication: North Star Extract from a speech delivered before the Ladies' Literary and Progressive Association of Buffalo, New York, regarding the benefits of education, scientific advancement, and religion in the struggle against slavery. Description of file(s): PDF 16 page, 3,541 word document (text and images) |
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Title: Wallace Shelton Speaker or author: Shelton, Wallace Newspaper or publication: Presscopy -- Boston Public Library -- Anti-Slavery Collection Brief speech regarding the unique situation the free-born African Americans found themselves in. They were not slaves, but were not given the same rights as other Americans. Description of file(s): PDF 1 page, 151 word document (text and image) |