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Title: Anglo-African - October 7, 1865
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Anglo-African (1863 - 1865)
The writer expresses the fears that permeate African American communities that the white slaveholders will demand a return to the system of slavery, and be granted this by the government. The majority of African Americans, however, are determined to resist and not allow this to happen without a fight.
Description of file(s): two scanned newspaper pages (three columns) (blank sections throughout)
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Speaker or author: Stanley, Benjamin, fl. 1850
Newspaper or publication: National Anti-Slavery Standard
Overview of speech offered in protest of the Fugitive Slave Bill that was contributing to the kidnapping of nominally free black citizens of New York. The speaker suggested armed resistance to those who would attempt to rob them of their freedom.
Description of file(s): PDF 2 page, 458 word document (text and images)
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Speaker or author: Langston, C. H. (Charles Henry), b. 1821?
Newspaper or publication: Presscopy -- Harvard University -- Anti-Slavery Pamphlets
Brief speech expressing the speaker's agreement that the U. S. government is based on a pro-slavery ideal.
Description of file(s): PDF 1 page, 396 word document (text and image)
Speaker or author: Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873
Newspaper or publication: National Anti-Slavery Standard
Speech addressing the successes and failures of the anti-slavery movements.
Description of file(s): PDF 3 page, 720 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Garnet, Henry Highland, 1815-1882.
Newspaper or publication: Liberator
Impassioned speech calling slaves to protest slavery through active resistance to their masters' commands.
Description of file(s): PDF 1 page, 231 word document (text and image)
Speaker or author: Garnet, Henry Highland, 1815-1882.
Newspaper or publication: Impartial Citizen
Speech against the beliefs and ideas of Frederick Douglass and Charles Lenox Remond. The speaker expressed his opposition to the political views and ideology of these two men regarding religion, slavery, and love of country.
Description of file(s): PDF 4 page, 1,093 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Garnet, Henry Highland, 1815-1882.
Newspaper or publication: Presscopy -- New York Public Library
Excerpt from a longer speech first delivered on 1843, modified, and republished in 1848. The speaker called for action among the slaves of the nation through a passionate appeal for liberty and freedom.
Description of file(s): PDF 9 page, 3,314 word document (text and images)
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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - November 5, 1859
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
The writer tells his readers that the North holds a beacon of hope for the abolition of slavery. He asks them to remember a time before Abolitionism when the only recourse for the slave was rebellion and/or death.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
Speaker or author: Whipper, William, 1804?-1876
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
Speech published in four separate issues of the Colored American newspaper regarding non-resistence and peaceful protest to the tyranny of slavery, from a Christian perspective.
Description of file(s): PDF 27 page, 6,467 word document (text and images)