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Black Abolitionist Archive
Palladium of Liberty - August 21, 1844
Edward Wilmot Blyden
Provincial Freeman - April 15, 1854
Provincial Freeman - July 26, 1856
Voice of the Fugitive - May 7, 1851
Impartial Citizen - November 21, 1849
Weekly Anglo-African - July 7, 1860
Edward V. Clark
Pacific Appeal -May 31, 1862
Voice of the Fugitive - October 22, 1851
Voice of the Fugitive - November 5, 1851
Colored American - November 16, 1839
Aliened American - April 9, 1853
Provincial Freeman - March 17, 1855
George T. Downing
Weekly Anglo-African - September 17, 1859
John Sella Martin
Palladium of Liberty - March 27, 1844

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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