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Black Abolitionist Archive
Northern Star and Freemen's Advocate - March 31, 1842
Voice of the Fugitive - February 26, 1851
Samuel Ringgold Ward
Colored American - September 9, 1837
Pacific Appeal - October 4, 1862
Emeline Sullivan
Weekly Anglo-African - October 12, 1861
Voice of the Fugitive - September 23, 1852
Colored American - August 14, 1841
Voice of the Fugitive - November 5, 1851
Colored American - November 7, 1840
Colored American - September 11, 1841
Colored American - April 17, 1841
Frisby Cooper
Voice of the Fugitive - February 26, 1852
Pacific Appeal - October 25, 1862
Colored American - November 11, 1837
Elevator - April 14, 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.

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

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