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Black Abolitionist Archive
Provincial Freeman - February 2, 1856
Colored American - May 2, 1840
Pacific Appeal - April 12, 1862
Pacific Appeal - December 20, 1862
Elevator - December 29, 1865
Colored American - June 30, 1838
Weekly Anglo-African - April 26, 1862
Weekly Anglo-African - September 24, 1859
Voice of the Fugitive - January 15, 1852
Pacific Appeal - March 5, 1864
Colored American - February 2, 1839
Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
Colored American - August 12, 1837
Weekly Anglo-African - October 26, 1861
Voice of the Fugitive - November 19, 1851
Pacific Appeal - April 26, 1862
Provincial Freeman - January 13, 1855
Pacific Appeal - September 12, 1863

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.

Please contact the library reference desk at edesk@udmercy.edu  or 313-993-1071 for assistance with this collection. 

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