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Black Abolitionist Archive
Colored American - July 20, 1839
Alexander Crummell
Colored American - March 2, 1839
Impartial Citizen - March 14, 1849
Henry Bibb
Provincial Freeman - May 12, 1855
Christian Recorder - March 19, 1855
Impartial Citizen - August 8, 1849
Elevator - April 7, 1865
Thomas Myers Decatur Ward
Weekly Anglo-African - November 23, 1861
National Reformer - February, 1839
John Sella Martin
William A. Tyson
William Wells Brown
Colored American - May 11, 1839

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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