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Black Abolitionist Archive
Weekly Anglo-African - October 5, 1861
Anglo-African - September 3, 1865
John V. DeGrasse
Palladium of Liberty - July 3, 1844
Colored American - February 23, 1839
Weekly Anglo-African - May 12, 1860
Colored American - June 1, 1839
Impartial Citizen - March 14, 1849
J. W. C. Pennington
Colored American - July 28, 1838
Anglo-African Magazine - December, 1859
Weekly Anglo-African - December 21, 1861
Robert Morris
Pacific Appeal - January 30, 1864
D. P. Stokes
Voice of the Fugitive - October 22, 1851
J. W. C. Pennington
Alexander Crummell

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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