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Black Abolitionist Archive
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Title: Alexander Crummell Speaker or author: Crummell, Alexander, 1819-1898 Newspaper or publication: Anti-Slavery Reporter Brief speech encouraging "free-labor produce" in Britain. The speaker explained that the slave-trade would be negatively impacted if Britain stopped purchasing slave-produced products from the U.S. He encouraged Britain to buy only "free-labor" products in order to help abolish slavery. Description of file(s): PDF 3 page, 1,135 word document (text and images) |
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Title: Henry Highland Garnet Speaker or author: Garnet, Henry Highland, 1815-1882 Newspaper or publication: Christian News Baned from the church pulpit, the speaker gave his impassioned address to the gathered crowd from the steps of the church in front of the bolted door. He recounted stories of the abuse and injustices that slaves continued to endure, and emphasized how their lives were lived in terms of property. Description of file(s): PDF 4 page, 1,017 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: Samuel Ringgold Ward Speaker or author: Ward, Samuel Ringgold, b. 1817 Newspaper or publication: Cortland Democrat Speech delivered before the Courtland Academy Lyceum regarding the importance of education and morality. Description of file(s): PDF 10 page, 2,171 word document (text and images) |
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Title: Henry Bibb Speaker or author: Bibb, Henry, b. 1815 Newspaper or publication: Emancipator Brief speech regarding the importance of supplying slaves with Bibles. (Speech 09773 is a duplicate of this speech.) (Includes MP3 audio file.) Description of file(s): PDF 3 page, 630 word document (text and images) |
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Title: Henry Box Brown Speaker or author: Brown, Henry Box, b. 1816 Newspaper or publication: Emancipator Narrative regarding one man's daring escape from slavery by having himself shipped in a crate from Richmond, Virginia, to Philadelphia and freedom. Description of file(s): PDF 4 page, 933 word document (text and images) |
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Title: Abner H. Francis Speaker or author: Francis, Abner H. Newspaper or publication: Impartial Citizen Speech given during the presentation of a silver pitcher to Gerrit Smith from the Colored Ladies of Buffalo, New York, to honor his work to abolish slavery. Description of file(s): PDF 4 page, 920 word document (text and images) |
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Title: Henry Highland Garnet Speaker or author: Garnet, Henry Highland, 1815-1882. Newspaper or publication: Impartial Citizen Speech against the beliefs and ideas of Frederick Douglass and Charles Lenox Remond. The speaker expressed his opposition to the political views and ideology of these two men regarding religion, slavery, and love of country. Description of file(s): PDF 4 page, 1,093 word document (text and images) |
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Title: Henry Highland Garnet Speaker or author: Garnet, Henry Highland, 1815-1882. Newspaper or publication: Impatial Citizen Speech given while presenting a silver pitcher to Gerrit Smith to honor his work for the abolition of slavery. Description of file(s): PDF 4 page, 851 word document (text and images) |
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Title: S. M. Africanus Speaker or author: Africanus, S. M. Newspaper or publication: Liberator Brief speech regarding the political and civil rights of American citizenship that were being denied to free black citizens. (Includes MP3 audio file.) Description of file(s): PDF 2 page, 433 word document (text and images) |
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Title: William Wells Brown Speaker or author: Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884 Newspaper or publication: Liberator Speech regarding England's contribution to the institution of slavery in the U.S. The speaker emphasized the irony of continued slavery even after the slave trade had been outlawed. He noted that some slaveholders inherited slaves from their parents, and continued using "domestic" slave labor even though it was against the law to bring more slaves into the country. England was blamed for starting it, but the U.S. had to be held accountable for continuing this practice. Description of file(s): PDF 7 page, 2,001 word document (text and images) |
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Title: William Wells Brown Speaker or author: Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884 Newspaper or publication: Liberator Brief farewell speech given prior to the speaker's departure for the World Peace Convention in Paris. The speaker assured the audience that the World Peace Convention would hasten the complete abolition of slavery. (Includes MP3 audio file.) Description of file(s): PDF 2 page, 408 word document (text and images) |
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Title: William Wells Brown Speaker or author: Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884 Newspaper or publication: Liberator Speech delivered before a large meeting in London regarding the status of the anti-slavery movement in the U. S. The speaker was responding to another speaker who insisted that the free people of color living in the eastern states had a better life than those enslaved in the south. Description of file(s): PDF 6 page, 1,788 word document (text and images) |
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Title: J. W. C. Pennington Speaker or author: Pennington, James W. C. Newspaper or publication: Liberator Brief speech regarding universal peace, and the avoidance of war. The speaker emphasized that the love of war was not the same as patriotism. Description of file(s): PDF 1 page, 267 word document (text and image) |
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Title: William Spellman Speaker or author: Spellman, William, fl. 1830-1885 Newspaper or publication: Liberator Brief speech regarding civil rights for freed black citizens. The speaker also emphasized his resolution for providing continued employment for black lecturers in Connecticut. Description of file(s): PDF 2 page, 358 word document (text and images) |
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Title: Charles Lenox Remond Speaker or author: Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873 Newspaper or publication: National Anti-Slavery Society Speech against the plans of the American Colonization Society. The speaker expressed his belief that colonization was inspired by the institution of American slavery as a way of solving the issue of slavery without allowing freed slaves to become members of American society. Description of file(s): PDF 11 page, 3,577 word document (text and images) |
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Title: Henry Bibb Speaker or author: Bibb, Henry, b. 1815 Newspaper or publication: National Anti-Slavery Standard Speech against the plans and goals of the American Colonization Society. The speaker suggested Canada as an alternate choice for colonization. Description of file(s): PDF 7 page, 2,371 word document (text and images) |
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Title: J. W. C. Pennington Speaker or author: Pennington, James W. C. Newspaper or publication: National Anti-Slavery Standard Relatively brief speech regarding the events surrounding what the speaker perceived as misunderstandings regarding the intent of the American Colonization Society. Description of file(s): PDF 4 page, 1,007 word document (text and images) |
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Title: Charles Bennet Ray Speaker or author: Ray, Charles B. (Charles Bennett), 1807-1886 Newspaper or publication: National Anti-Slavery Standard Speech against the idea and goals of the American Colonization Society. Description of file(s): PDF 5 page, 1,464 word document (text and images) |
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Title: Charles L. Reason Speaker or author: Reason, Charles Lewis, 1818-1893 Newspaper or publication: National Anti-Slavery Standard Speech given against the goals of the American Colonization Society and the speaker's belief that colonization of Africa simply offered another type of enslavement to African Americans. Description of file(s): PDF 11 page, 3,314 word document (text and images) |