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Black Abolitionist Archive
Weekly Anglo-African - October 5, 1861
Henry Bibb
Colored American - July 15, 1837
Colored American - May 29, 1841
Henry Highland Garnet
Colored American - July 28, 1838
J. W. C. Pennington
Colored American - June 10, 1837
Colored American - September 11, 1841
Colored American - April 19, 1838
Elevator - September 8, 1865
Thomas H. Street
Weekly Anglo-African - March 29, 1862
Colored American - January 19, 1839
Elevator - July 28, 1865
Pacific Appeal - March 26, 1864
William Howard Day
Colored American - September 4, 1841

From the 1820s to the Civil War, African Americans assumed prominent roles in the transatlantic struggle to abolish slavery. In contrast to the popular belief that the abolitionist crusade was driven by wealthy whites, some 300 black abolitionists were regularly involved in the antislavery movement, heightening its credibility and broadening its agenda. The Black Abolitionist Digital Archive is a collection of over 800 speeches by antebellum blacks and approximately 1,000 editorials from the period. These important documents provide a portrait of black involvement in the anti-slavery movement; scans of these documents are provided as images and PDF files.For assistance with this collection, please contact the the University Archivist, Mara Powell at 313-993-1950 or the library reference desk at 313-993-1071. You may also email the reference desk for assistance at edesk@udmercy.edu.

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