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Black Abolitionist Archive
Weekly Anglo-African - February 8, 1862
Samuel Snowden
Colored American - June 9, 1838
Impartial Citizen - November 21, 1849
Provincial Freeman - November 25, 1856
Edward Wilmot Blyden
Weekly Anglo-African - December 24, 1859
Pacific Appeal - November 8, 1862
J. W. C. Pennington
Theodore S. Wright
Colored American - April 11, 1840
Provincial Freeman - November 18, 1854
William J. Watkins
Voice of the Fugitive - November 19, 1851
Henry Highland Garnet
Weekly Anglo-African- November 12, 1859
John Anderson
Elevator - October 27, 1865

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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