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Black Abolitionist Archive
R. R. Raymond
Pacific Appeal - January 30, 1864
Martin Robison Delany
Impartial Citizen - February 13, 1850
Colored American - March 25, 1837
Northern Star and Freemen's Advocate - March 17, 1842
Provincial Freeman - April 18, 1857
Weekly Anglo-African - May 19, 1860
Provincial Freeman - April 18, 1857
Voice of the Fugitive - March 26, 1851
Provincial Freeman - November 25, 1854
Weekly Anglo-African - March 1, 1862
Henry Highland Garnet
Provincial Freeman - January 29, 1859
Weekly Anglo-African - July 23, 1859
Thomas H. Jones

From the 1820s to the Civil War, African Americans assumed prominent roles in the transatlantic struggle to abolish slavery. In contrast to the popular belief that the abolitionist crusade was driven by wealthy whites, some 300 black abolitionists were regularly involved in the antislavery movement, heightening its credibility and broadening its agenda. The Black Abolitionist Digital Archive is a collection of over 800 speeches by antebellum blacks and approximately 1,000 editorials from the period. These important documents provide a portrait of black involvement in the anti-slavery movement; scans of these documents are provided as images and PDF files.For assistance with this collection, please contact the the University Archivist, Mara Powell at 313-993-1950 or the library reference desk at 313-993-1071. You may also email the reference desk for assistance at edesk@udmercy.edu.

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