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Black Abolitionist Archive
Voice of the Fugitive - October 8, 1851
Colored American - March 25, 1837
Voice of the Fugitive - February 12, 1852
Weekly Anglo-African - April 7, 1860
Colored American - June 12, 1841
John Sella Martin
Weekly Anglo-African - September 14, 1861
J. W. C. Pennington
Provincial Freeman - August 19, 1854
Pacific Appeal - March 26, 1864
Sarah Parker Remond
Colored American - December 16, 1837
Provincial Freeman - October 28, 1854

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.

Please contact the library reference desk at edesk@udmercy.edu  or 313-993-1071 for assistance with this collection. 

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