Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer offers criticism of the American Anti-Slavery Society. The society focuses all its efforts on the abolition of slavery and the condition of the slaves in the south, that there is no energy left to address the problems facing free African Americans in the north.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
Title: Elevator - December 22, 1865
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Elevator (1865 - 18??)
While there was slavery in the ancient world, the writer points that the U.S. is the only country that added racial prejudice to the experience. The writer gives a historic overview of the system of slavery and its continued influence on current U.S. society.
Description of file(s): three scanned, two columned, newspaper pages
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)