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Black Abolitionist Archive
Elevator - September 22, 1865
Provincial Freeman - March 15, 1856
Weekly Anglo-African - April 6, 1861
Samuel Ringgold Ward
Elevator - December 15, 1865
Voice of the Fugitive - January 15, 1851
Voice of the Fugitive - December 17, 1851
J. W. C. Pennington
Provincial Freeman - October 6, 1855
William Wells Brown
Christian Recorder - August 17, 1854
Colored American - November 2, 1839
Colored Citizen - November 7, 1863
John Sweat Rock
Robert Purvis
Voice of the Fugitive - October 22, 1851
Philip A. Bell
William Wells Brown

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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