Speaker or author: Williams, Peter, 1780?-1840
Newspaper or publication: Presscopy -- New York Public Library -- Schomburg Collection
Speech given for the benefit of the "coloured community of Wilberforce" in Upper Canada. Speech addresses efforts of the Colonization Society to relocate free people of color to Africa and Hayti. (Speech 00793 is duplicate of this speech)
Description of file(s): PDF 13 page, 3,488 word document (text and images)
Title: Provincial Freeman - January 29, 1859
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859)
The writer tells his readers that the question of "African civilization" is divided among two groups in Canada. One argues that civilizing Africa will put an end to the slave trade once and for all; the other is totally against anything that even sounds like immigration (or Colonization).
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
Title: Provincial Freeman - July 4, 1857
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859)
The writer offers a brief critique of educational and religious societies in Canada and the U.S. Most he concludes are hypocritical.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
Title: Provincial Freeman - July 4, 1857
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859)
The writer offers a brief critique of educational and religious societies in Canada and the U.S. Most he concludes are hypocritical.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
Title: Provincial Freeman - October 6, 1855
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859)
A description of a visit and review of the Association for the settlement and moral improvement of the colored population of Canada
Description of file(s): three scanned, two columned, newspaper pages
Title: Voice of the Fugitive - April 22, 1852
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
Brief overview of the Canada Mill and Mercantile Company that offers opportunity for employment and a relief from charity for fugitive slaves.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
Title: Voice of the Fugitive - July 1, 1852
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The writer discusses the newly formed League that will aid free people of African descent in agricultural, economic, and manufacturing pursuits.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
Title: Voice of the Fugitive - November 18, 1852
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The writer calls his readers attentions to an article appearing in another page of the newspaper which is particularly representative of anti-slavery sentiments in Canada.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column