Speaker or author: Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873
Newspaper or publication: Liberator
Brief eulogy to the memory of the late president of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, emphasizing his efforts toward the abolition of slavery.
Description of file(s): PDF 2 page, 463 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873
Newspaper or publication: Liberator
Speech stressing the need for continued improvements in the social acceptance of the African American, including all civil rights. The speaker emphasized the justice of including black jurors, especially for trials involving black defendants.
Description of file(s): PDF 5 page, 1,275 word document (text and images)
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Speaker or author: Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873
Newspaper or publication: Liberator
Speaker commented on the comparison Frederick Douglass made between the rescue of William "Jerry" Henry in Syracuse and the case of the fugitive Anthony Burns in Boston.
Description of file(s): PDF 1 page, 204 word document (text and image)
Speaker or author: Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873
Newspaper or publication: National Anti-Slavery Standard
The speaker believed that northern support of southern slavery was keeping the institution of slavery alive. He believed slavery would continue as long as it was supported by the Union.
Description of file(s): PDF 1 page, 183 word document (text and image)
Speaker or author: Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873
Newspaper or publication: North Star
Speech encouraging "nominally free" African Americans to not give up hope for the abolition of slavery. He urged them to not purchase pro-slavery newspapers and to help themselves overcome the oppression of prejudice. He emphasized that there was a feeling of lethargy and complacency among them that only helped to strengthen the pro-slavery forces.
Description of file(s): PDF 2 page, 484 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873
Newspaper or publication: Syracuse Journal
Brief speech denouncing the goals of the American Colonization Society; and recounting a personal experience with prejudice.
Description of file(s): PDF 1 page, 164 word document (text and image)
Speaker or author: Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873
Newspaper or publication: Liberator
The speaker praised the action of William Lloyd Garrison in burning the U. S. Constitution to make a point about the injustice of slavery.
Description of file(s): PDF 1 page, 144 word document (text and image)
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Speaker or author: Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873
Newspaper or publication: Liberator
Overview of speech given in response to another speaker's comment that prejudice to color in the U.S. was the same as prejudice to caste in European countries. The speaker disagreed with this since he believed that black Americans were treated far worse than lower caste citizens in other countries.
Description of file(s): PDF 2 page, 457 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873
Newspaper or publication: National Anti-Slavery Standard
Speech given as Mr. Remond proposed a resolution stressing the importance of encouraging friends of the anti-slavery movement to subscribe to the National Anti-Slavery Standard and Liberator newspapers.
Description of file(s): PDF 2 page, 325 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873
Newspaper or publication: Liberator
Speech regarding the abuses, injustices, and horrors of slavery emphasizing how the very existence of slavery was in opposition to the beliefs set forth in the American Constitution.
Description of file(s): PDF 2 page, 318 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873
Newspaper or publication: Liberator
Speech regarding the lack of civil rights in the U.S. court system.
Description of file(s): PDF 2 page, 483 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873
Newspaper or publication: National Anti-Slavery Standard
Speech given in London before the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society regarding the political implications of continued slavery in the U.S. after British emancipation.
Description of file(s): PDF 4 page, 1,342 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873
Newspaper or publication: Anglo-African
Overview of speech encouraging the audience to continue their efforts for freedom until "... the ruling power was shamed into doing them justice." The speaker stressed the necessity of fighting for African American suffrage even though they were now free.
Description of file(s): PDF 1 page, 187 word document (text and image)
Speaker or author: Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873
Newspaper or publication: National Anti-Slavery Standard
This speech is a continuation of a previous speech (not included). Speech addresses the wording of the Constitution in that it does not include provisions for slavery. Also addressed are issues regarding women's rights and inequality based on race and sex.
Description of file(s): PDF 5 page, 1,309 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873
Newspaper or publication: Liberator
Speech given before a meeting of the Hibernian Anti-Slavery Society regarding the continued injustices and horrors of American slavery, and how this is perceived by people in other countries.
Description of file(s): PDF 19 page, 5,634 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873
Newspaper or publication: Anti-Slavery Reporter
Speech delivered in London before the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society (attended by the Duke of Sussex and other dignitaries), regarding the plight of the slave in the United States.
Description of file(s): PDF 3 page, 904 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873
Newspaper or publication: National Anti-Slavery Standard
Brief speech delivered at the Cazenovia Anti-Slavery Convention stressing the political and moral aspects of the Liberty party and the Anti-Slavery Society.
Description of file(s): PDF 1 page, 205 word document (text and image)
Speaker or author: Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873
Newspaper or publication: Liberator
Impassioned speech encouraging the continued efforts towards abolition. The speaker emphasized that he agreed with any method it would take to bring about an end to slavery.
Description of file(s): PDF 8 page, 2,403 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873
Newspaper or publication: Liberator
The speaker noted the unsettled atmosphere of the U.S. as the country heads for war. The speaker was responding in part to a resolution that William Lloyd Garrison offered that emphasized adopting the motto, "No Union with Slaveholders."
Description of file(s): PDF 4 page, 1,078 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
Speech delivered before the Rhode Island State Anti-Slavery Society in response to a resolution regarding the help of abolitionists in finding employment for freed slaves.
Description of file(s): PDF 3 page, 795 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873
Newspaper or publication: National Anti-Slavery Standard
Speech describing the irony of the slave trade that had become an embarrassment for the nation. Mr. Remond described the image of the slave as: "... human flesh market ... sustained by the Constitution on one side, and the Bible on the other, and the United States flag floating over it..."
Description of file(s): PDF 3 page, 714 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873
Newspaper or publication: National Anti-Slavery Standard
Speech regarding the injustice of a government that would make laws to benefit one race over another, yet expect all races to pay taxes and die for their country.
Description of file(s): PDF 4 page, 1,104 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873
Newspaper or publication: Liberator
Impassioned speech defending the speaker's assertion that the U.S. government is composed of "liars and hypocrites" who dare to celebrate the July 4th freedom of a nation which continues to hold millions of enslaved people.
Description of file(s): PDF 3 page, 806 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873
Newspaper or publication: National Anti-Slavery Standard
Brief speech in response to a resolution calling for abolitionists to reject the United States Constitution. In his remarks, Mr. Remond mentioned the U. S. President's message regarding the Amistad's captives.
Description of file(s): PDF 1 page, 130 word document (text and image)
Speaker or author: Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873
Newspaper or publication: National Anti-Slavery Standard
Speech offered in response to a speech given by abolitionist William Henry Burleigh regarding the contradiction of the moral injustice, yet financial incentive of continuing slavery. Mr. Remond offered his own views on this idea of legal and moral contradiction.
Description of file(s): PDF 3 page, 804 word document (text and images)