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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: Liberator Speech regarding the speaker's belief that slaves fleeing to Canada were making a mistake. He said that he found just as much prejudice there as in the U.S. and it seemed to him that the black people were perpetuating this themselves. Description of file(s): PDF 2 page, 564 word document (text and images) |
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Title: Sojourner Truth Speaker or author: Truth, Sojourner, d. 1883 Newspaper or publication: Liberator Impassioned speech regarding the injustices of slavery and prejudice. (Includes mp3 audio file.) Description of file(s): PDF 2 page, 378 word document (text and images) |
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Title: William Wells Brown Speaker or author: Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884 Newspaper or publication: Manchester Examiner and Times Speech delivered before a British audience denouncing the Fugitive Slave Law, and emphasizing the irony of a country founded on freedom continuing to depend on and encourage slave labor. Description of file(s): PDF 10 page, 3,290 word document (text and images) |
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Title: Samuel Ringgold Ward Speaker or author: Ward, Samuel Ringgold, b. 1817 Newspaper or publication: Manchester Examiner and Times Speech against the precepts of the Fugitive Slave Law. The speaker noted that there were some church denominations that countenanced slavery and that this discouraged abolition in the U.S. (Speech 15626 is a duplicate of this speech.) Description of file(s): PDF 1 page, 293 word document (text and image) |
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Title: William Wells Brown Speaker or author: Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884 Newspaper or publication: National Anti-Slavery Standard Speech regarding the negative image the American slaveholders and pro-slavery representatives offer people in Europe who judge all Americans by those they meet. The speaker (whose father was a slaveholder and his mother a slave) stressed the irony of a country founded on freedom that still maintained the institution of slavery. Description of file(s): PDF 6 page, 1,429 word document (text and images) |
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Title: William Wells Brown Speaker or author: Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884 Newspaper or publication: National Anti-Slavery Standard Overview of speech given upon the speaker's return to the U.S. from five years spent in England as a fugitive from slavery. Although the speaker was saddened by the continued efforts to enforce slavery in the U.S., he felt hopeful that complete abolition of slavery would soon be realized. (Includes MP3 audio file.) (Speech 15831 is a duplicate of this speech.) Description of file(s): PDF 1 page, 216 word document (text and image) |
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Title: William Wells Brown Speaker or author: Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884 Newspaper or publication: National Anti-Slavery Standard Eloquent speech regarding the sanctioning of slavery given by the Church and government in the U.S. The speaker used the metaphor of passengers on a ship to encourage his audience to band together to continue the fight for freedom. (Speech 15952 is duplicate of this speech.) Description of file(s): PDF 4 page, 928 word document (text and images) |
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Title: William Wells Brown Speaker or author: Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884 Newspaper or publication: National Anti-Slavery Standard Lengthy speech regarding the injustices of slavery. The speaker noted that even though he is of mixed blood (his father, a slave-owner), he has known the cruelties and injustices of slavery. He called for an end to this system of human abuse. Description of file(s): PDF 11 page, 2,981 word document (text and images) |
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Title: Samuel Ringgold Ward Speaker or author: Ward, Samuel Ringgold, b. 1817 Newspaper or publication: NonConformist Brief speech regarding the fate of fugitive slaves who had escaped into Canada. The speaker noted that these fugitives were beyond the help of abolitionists living in the U.S. He asked that the British government get involved with the abolitionists' efforts since black British seamen were being seized and sold into slavery under new U.S. laws. Description of file(s): PDF 1 page, 199 word document (text and image) |
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Title: Stephen Pembroke Speaker or author: Pembroke, Stephen Newspaper or publication: Pennsylvania Freeman Anecdotal speech regarding one man's experience with slavery and subsequent escape. (Stephen Pembroke is the brother of Rev. J. W. C. Pennington, a well-known black abolitionist and speaker.) Description of file(s): PDF 3 page, 675 word document (text and images) |
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Title: J. W. C. Pennington Speaker or author: Pennington, James W. C. Newspaper or publication: Presscopy -- American Baptist Historical Society -- Pamphlet Collection Sermon given during a meeting of the New York Central College Association stressing the law of God as greater government for human beings than the law of man. Description of file(s): PDF 11 page, 3,428 word document (text and images) |
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Title: Charles Lenox Remond Speaker or author: Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873 Newspaper or publication: Presscopy -- E. G. Bormann, Ed., Forerunners of Black Power, p. 166-173 Speech delivered amidst fears of the dissolution of the Union based on racial tension and issues of hatred and slavery. (Speech 15303 is a duplicate of this speech.) Description of file(s): PDF 8 page, 3,293 word document (text and images) |
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Title: H. Ford Douglass Speaker or author: Douglass, H. Ford Newspaper or publication: Presscopy -- New York Historical Society -- Anti-Slavery Pamphlets Speech in reply to John Mercer Langston who the speaker accuses of not being clear regarding his support of colonization. The speaker argues for immigration as a solution to the questions that arise regarding the nominally free people living in the U.S. Description of file(s): PDF 18 page, 5,605 word document (text and images) |
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Title: Alexander Crummell Speaker or author: Crummell, Alexander, 1819-1898 Newspaper or publication: Presscopy -- New York Public Library -- Schomburg Collection Lengthy sermon regarding the important role of God and religion in government. The speaker addressed issues of slavery and society throughout the history of the world. Description of file(s): PDF 21 page, 5,823 word document (text and images) |
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Title: Emmanuel Morris Speaker or author: Morris, Emmanuel, waiter Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman Brief speech delivered by a black waiter during a meeting of "colored citizens of St. Catharines." The speaker stressed the prejudice and insults he and other hotel employees had suffered from both employers and customers. Description of file(s): PDF 1 page, 158 word document (text and image) |
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Title: William P. Newman Speaker or author: Newman, William P., fl. 1854 Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman Brief speech addressing the importance of social occasions that bring together people of all races for entertainment and companionship. Description of file(s): PDF 4 page, 1,048 word document (text and images) |
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Title: Samuel Ringgold Ward Speaker or author: Ward, Samuel Ringgold, b. 1817 Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman Overview of a sermon given on the benefits of missionary work being done by the Church in Canada. The speaker asked his congregation to be generous in donating money to this cause. Description of file(s): PDF 6 page, 1,274 word document (text and images) |
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Title: Samuel Ringgold Ward Speaker or author: Ward, Samuel Ringgold, b. 1817 Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman Speech regarding the horrors of slavery, and the benefits of missionary work in spreading Christianity and helping the slaves. Description of file(s): PDF 7 page, 1,639 word document (text and images) |
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Title: Charles Lenox Remond Speaker or author: Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873 Newspaper or publication: Syracuse Journal Brief speech denouncing the goals of the American Colonization Society; and recounting a personal experience with prejudice. Description of file(s): PDF 1 page, 164 word document (text and image) |