Speaker or author: Anonymous
Newspaper or publication: Liberator
Speech given by an anonymous speaker at the Female Minervian Association on the moral and social improvement of freed slaves, encouraging them to assist those who are still enslaved.
Description of file(s): PDF 2 page, 316 word document (text and images)
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Title: Colored American - April 25, 1840
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer expresses his opinion regarding the work of abolitionists. He is disappointed, however, to learn that some prominent African American men are actually opposed to the abolition movement saying that it does more harm than good.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Colored American - August 24, 1839
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer expresses his views regarding a resolution asking the African American community to withhold their votes in the upcoming election for any candidate who is not in favor of the immediate abolition of slavery.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Colored American - August 26, 1837
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer expresses his disappointment in the proceedings of the Moral Reform Society's convention.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Colored American - August 26, 1837
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer relates an experience from his attendence at the Moral Reform Society convention concerning a discussion on the term "Colored" used as reference to African Americans. A Quaker woman stood and told her audience to emphasis the virtue and morality in their lives and prejudice against race will disappear. She reminded them that "it is virtue that exalts a nation, and merit which makes the man."
Description of file(s): one scanned, one colunned, newspaper page
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Title: Colored American - July 29, 1837
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer urges his readers to join the Moral Reform Society. He believes that the best way to gain social acceptance is for African Americans to present a moral, industrious, and intelligent manner to the general public.
Description of file(s): one scanned, one columned, newspaper page
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Title: Colored American - March 21, 1840
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
Commentary on the work and current status of the anti-slavery movement and the cause of abolition in various states and in other countries.
Description of file(s): two scanned newspaper pages (three columns)
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Title: Colored American - May 20, 1837
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer recommends that the subject of temperance be included in upcoming conventions held by the Methodist Church. He went on to express his beliefs in the benefits of a life devoted to the abstinance of alcoholic drinks.
Description of file(s): one scanned, one columned, newspaper page
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Title: Colored American - November 17, 1838
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer urges his readers to vote in accordance with their moral prinicples and not base their vote on party affiliation or abolitionist views. He believes that moral principles only should guide each voter even if it means crossing party lines.
Description of file(s): one scanned, one columned, newspaper page
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Title: Colored American - October 17, 1840
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The editor calls for young, educated African American men to write for the newspaper.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Colored American - September 19, 1840
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer reports on a recent State Temperance and Moral Reform Society convention he attended. Included is a brief description of his travel experience aboard a steamboat that took him to the convention.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Colored American - September 25, 1841
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer gives a brief overview of the African Methodist Episcopal Church magazine.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Colored American - September 9, 1837
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The editor replies to a response he received from William Whipper regarding a previous editorial denouncing the Moral Reform Society and the statements made at its recent convention.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Colored American - September 9, 1837
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The editor acknowledges all the letters of protest the newspaper has received regarding his comments on the Moral Reform Convention. Although he understands that a lot of readers disagree with his point of view, he assures them that none of their letters will be published.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: National Reformer - February, 1839
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: National Reformer (1838 - 1839)
The writer announces that a national convention will be held in Philadelphia. He expressed his thoughts on the prospect of this convention.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
Speaker or author: Simons, Peter Paul, fl. 1839
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
Speech stressing the responsibility of parents to encourage "moral elevation" in their children so that the people of color may realize a brighter future. The speaker believes the key to freedom is action based on commitment to a moral cause which is passed down from parent to child.
Description of file(s): PDF 9 page, 2,306 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Douglass, S. M. (Sarah Mapps), 1806-1882
Newspaper or publication: Liberator
Address given at the first of planned monthly womens' meetings ("Mental Feasts") for "the purpose of moral and religious meditation, conversation, reading and speaking, sympathising over the fate of the unhappy slaves, improving their own minds, &c. &c."
Description of file(s): PDF 3 page, 630 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Cole, Thomas, fl. 1837-1838
Newspaper or publication: Liberator
The speaker asked his audience to avoid "intoxicating drink" and emphasized his belief that intemperance would lead to "...indolence, poverty and ruin..." He didn't believe that intemperance was a tendency in the black race, but that it might bring down what they had fought so hard to secure. He emphasized piety and temperance in order to set an "example" of respectability, virtue and health to others.
Description of file(s): PDF 6 page, 1,375 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: William G. Hamilton
Newspaper or publication: Presscopy -- Boston Public Library -- Anti-Slavery Collections
Address given before the Fourth Annual Convention of the Free People of Color of the United States in New York promoting the improvement of freed slaves and speaking against the idea of colonization.
Description of file(s): PDF 5 page, 1,649 word document (images and text)
Speaker or author: Watkins, William J.
Newspaper or publication: Presscopy -- Harvard University -- Anti-Slavery Pamphlets
An address given in response to a resolution before the Moral Reform Society on the benefits of education for freed slaves.
Description of file(s): PDF 15 page, 4,632 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Watkins, William J.
Newspaper or publication: Philanthropist
Speech focusing on the benefits of education for freed slaves.
Description of file(s): PDF 2 page, 443 word document
Speaker or author: Still, William, 1821-1902.
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
The speaker stresses that the slave and the free people of color must help themselves to create a better condition for their lives. He emphasizes working towards moral, social, and political integrity in order to ensure success. The speaker believes that hard work, education, and morality are key to achieving the desired results for elevating the race.
Description of file(s): PDF 2 page, 396 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Whipper, William, 1804?-1876
Newspaper or publication: Presscopy -- Boston Public Library -- Anti-Slavery Collections
Eulogy for William Wilberforce "...delivered at the request of the People of Colour of the City of Philadelphia..."
Description of file(s): PDF 5 page, 1,649 word document (text and images)