Black Abolitionist Archive

Subtitle: Robert Campbell

Title: Martin Robison Delany

Speaker or author: Campbell, Robert, of the Niger Valley Exploring Party

Newspaper or publication: AD Draft -- Royal Geological Society Archives, London, England

-- Copyright Permission Pending -- Handwritten speech detailing the findings of a geographical expedition made by two explorers: Martin Delany and Robert Campbell. The text details the land mass, the villages, the people, the climate, and the general discoveries made of Western Africa. (This transcription includes the original editing marks made by the writers.)

Description of file(s): PDF 8 page, 1,610 word document (text and images)

Title: William Wells Brown

Speaker or author: Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884

Newspaper or publication: Anti-Slavery Advocate

Anecdoatal speech regarding the speaker's encounter with the Reverend Dr. Richard Fuller, a slaveholding minister from South Carolina. The speaker emphasized the kindness and courtesy he had received from Dr. and Mrs. Fuller during his visit. (Includes MP3 audio file.)

Description of file(s): PDF 2 page, 609 word document (text and images)

Title: William Andrew Jackson

Speaker or author: Jackson, William Andrew, b. 1832

Newspaper or publication: Anti-Slavery Advocate

Brief overview of speech by the coachman of Jefferson Davis (who had recently escaped and settled in England) describing his experience with slavery. (See duplicate speech 26152.)

Description of file(s): PDF 1 page, 301 word document (text and image)

Title: John Sella Martin

Speaker or author: Martin, J. Sella (John Sella), b. 1832

Newspaper or publication: Anti-Slavery Advocate

Brief speech praising the work of William Lloyd Garrison, Wendell Phillips, and John Brown. The speaker said that just because there is no news of discontent from the slaves in the South does not mean that they are happy with their situation.

Description of file(s): PDF 1 page, 134 word document (text and image)

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)

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)

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)

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

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Title: William J. Watkins

Speaker or author: Watkins, William J.

Newspaper or publication: Anti-Slavery Advocate

Speech denouncing the doctrine of "Compensated Emancipation."

Description of file(s): PDF 2 page, 533 word document (text and images)

Title: William Wells Brown

Speaker or author: Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884

Newspaper or publication: Anti-Slavery Bugle

Speech regarding the influence of religion and the Church in the continuation of slavery. The speaker noted that "The teaching of religion has always favored slavery," and he noted two theologians who had publicly taught that "...God ordained the institution (of slavery)."

Description of file(s): PDF 3 page, 859 word document (text and images)

Title: William Wells Brown

Speaker or author: Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884

Newspaper or publication: Anti-Slavery Bugle

The speaker addressed the issues of slave trading and "slave raising," and stressed that the acceptance of these had been passed down from generation to generation. As a mulatto, he believed he offered a type of bridge between races. He related a story of the kindness shown to him in Massachusetts that he hadn't known before, but stressed that this bit of kindness had not stopped him from working to end slavery.

Description of file(s): PDF 3 page, 878 word document (text and images)

Title: William Wells Brown

Speaker or author: Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884

Newspaper or publication: Anti-Slavery Bugle

The speaker emphasized the prejudice that had come about as a result of slavery. He noted that the prejudice of the times was based on race, not color, and this related directly to slavery, not appearance.

Description of file(s): PDF 2 page, 353 word document (text and images)

Title: William Wells Brown

Speaker or author: Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884

Newspaper or publication: Anti-Slavery Bugle

The speaker asked for all present to agree that the government had become a conspiracy against freedom. He read an excerpt from a southern newspaper demonstrating the fear of emancipated slaves that the southern states held, and that they used to continue slavery there. He expressed that recent government legislation was compelling those who were fighting for emancipation to take a more radical approach.

Description of file(s): PDF 5 page, 1,438 word document (text and images)

Title: Peter Humphries Clark

Speaker or author: Clark, Peter H.

Newspaper or publication: Anti-Slavery Bugle

Brief speech given as the speaker addressed the school board committee in Cincinnati regarding his dismissal on charges of atheism.

Description of file(s): PDF 1 page, 220 word document (text and image)