Speech given in response to a resolution put forth for the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society to work peacefully towards the abolition of slavery.

Description of file(s): PDF 2 page, 635 word document (text and images)

Title: James N. Gloucester

Speaker or author: Gloucester, James N.

Newspaper or publication: Liberator

Brief speech in which the speaker expressed his enthusiasm and optimism regarding the nearing end of slavery.

Description of file(s): PDF 1 page, 307 word document (text and image)

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)

Title: Stephen H. Gloucester

Speaker or author: Gloucester, Stephen H.

Newspaper or publication: Presscopy -- Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia -- Anti-Slavery Pamphlets

Eulogy given regarding the life and character of James Forten, Sr.

Description of file(s): PDF 24 page, 5,795 word document (text and images)

Title: Stephen A. Leaybron

Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)

Speech addressing a brief history of slavery in the U.S., and stressing the irony of continued slavery in a country founded on freedom and liberty.

Description of file(s): PDF 3 page, 720 word document (text and images)

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