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Black Abolitionist Archive
Voice of the Fugitive - August 13, 1851
Pacific Appeal - October 31, 1863
Provincial Freeman - May 16, 1857
Voice of the Fugitive - June 18, 1851
Charles Bennet Ray
Elevator - May 19, 1865
Palladium of Liberty - August 28, 1844
Voice of the Fugitive - April 23, 1851
Frederick Douglass' Paper - April 28, 1854
Colored American - April 19, 1838
Colored Citizen - November 7, 1863
Elevator - September 8, 1865
Voice of the Fugitive - September 23, 1852
Colored American - November 10, 1838
William Wells Brown
William C. Nell

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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