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Black Abolitionist Archive
Weekly Advocate - February 25, 1837
Colored American - October 28, 1837
Weekly Advocate - January 28, 1837
Henry Highland Garnet
Frederick Douglass' Paper - March 17, 1854
Henry Highland Garnet
Elevator - August 4, 1865
Voice of the Fugitive - May 20, 1865
Colored American - August 12, 1837
Colored American - November 2, 1839
Colored American - July 11, 1840
William Wells Brown
Elevator - September 15, 1865
Voice of the Fugitive - March 26, 1851
Colored American - December 25, 1841
Impartial Citizen - October 17, 1849
Colored American - June 16, 1838
Weekly Advocate - January 21, 1837

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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