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Title: Charles Lenox Remond

Speaker or author: Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873

Newspaper or publication: National Anti-Slavery Standard

The speaker defended the slaveholder against accusations that the slaveholders had created prejudice in the northern states against people of color. The speaker placed the blame instead on the conflict and existing tension between the north and the south.

Description of file(s): PDF 1 page, 331 word document (text and image)

Title: Charles Lenox Remond

Speaker or author: Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873

Newspaper or publication: National Anti-Slavery Standard

Brief speech in response to a resolution calling for abolitionists to reject the United States Constitution. In his remarks, Mr. Remond mentioned the U. S. President's message regarding the Amistad's captives.

Description of file(s): PDF 1 page, 130 word document (text and image)

Subtitle: New York Safe.

Title: Colored American - October 2, 1841

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)

The writer gives an overview of the annual meeting of the New York Anti-Slavery Society held in Utica. The meeting was well received and a great success. Issues addressed were independent political action and "Church action."

Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column

Subtitle: A Vestage of Pro-Slavery.

Title: Colored American - October 5, 1839

Speaker or author: Cornish, Samuel E. (Samuel Eli), 1795?-1858

Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)

The writer comments on an exchange between Samuel Cornish and Philip Bell regarding a statement published in the Friend of Man newspaper. The Friend of Man's brief statement was from a representative of the New York Anti-Slavery Society saying they would not support the Colored American newspaper until it changed its political point of view.

Description of file(s): two scanned newspaper pages (three columns)

Subtitle: The Democracy.

Title: Impartial Citizen - September 26, 1849

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851)

The writer discusses the forming of the Democratic Party. He emphasizes the turmoil of the current political environment.

Description of file(s): three scanned, two columned, newspaper pages

Title: William Wells Brown

Speaker or author: Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884

Newspaper or publication: National Anti-Slavery Standard

The speaker notes that "...man cannot inflict upon his fellow-man a greater crime than to enslave him, for by so doing he not only injures his fellow-man, but himself." Emphasis is placed on the horrors of slavery and its contradiction to the ideals of Christianity.

Description of file(s): PDF 8 page, 2,694 word document (text and images)

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