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Black Abolitionist Archive
Charles Lenox Remond
Elevator - June 23, 1865
Voice of the Fugitive - January 15, 1851
Colored American - November 9, 1839
Colored American - October 20, 1838
E. A. Booth
Weekly Anglo-African - November 23, 1861
Samuel Ringgold Ward
Weekly Anglo-African - April 6, 1861
Provincial Freeman - March 8, 1856
Pacific Appeal - August 23, 1862
Provincial Freeman - June 16, 1855
Voice of the Fugitive - July 30, 1851
Provincial Freeman - June 7, 1856
Colored American - June 16, 1838
John T. Hilton
Leonard A. Grimes
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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