Speaker or author: De Grasse, Isaiah G.
Newspaper or publication: Liberator
Spoken essay given by a 15 year old boy at an exhibition of the New York African Free School in 1828 regarding his experience with slavery.
Description of file(s): PDF 2 page, 379 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Remond, Sarah Parker, 1826-1887?
Newspaper or publication: Anti-Slavery Reporter
The speaker stressed the plight of women and children subjected to slavery in the southern states. She spoke before an English audience in London and pleaded for their assistance in the battle for emancipation in the U.S.
Description of file(s): PDF 3 page, 761 word document (text and images)
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - February 26, 1851
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The editor announces the violent death of the slave-holder who had once owned him. He describes the cruelty and viciousness of this man who once held him in chains.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Weekly Advocate - January 7, 1837
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Advocate (1837)
Editorial describing the benefits of newspapers published by and for African Americans. The writer emphasizes what makes this newspaper different from others.
Description of file(s): two scanned, two columned, newspaper pages