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Black Abolitionist Archive
Provincial Freeman - February 17, 1855
Pacific Appeal - December 19, 1863
Elevator - June 30, 1865
Provincial Freeman - December 22, 1855
Henry Highland Garnet
Weekly Advocate - January 7, 1837
Voice of the Fugitive - June 1, 1851
Thomas Myers Decatur Ward
Frederick Douglass' Paper - January 26, 1855
Colored American - December 16, 1837
Colored American - November 18, 1837
John Mercer Langston
Impartial Citizen - October 10, 1849
Weekly Anglo-African - January 25, 1862

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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