Speaker or author: White, Jacob C., d. 1872
Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman
Brief speech given by a student from an African American high school to the governor of Pennsylvania as he made a tour of black schools in his state.
Description of file(s): PDF 2 page, 379 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: White, Jacob C., d. 1872
Newspaper or publication: National Enquirer
Speech given to commemorate the anniversary of the emancipation of slaves in the British West Indies on August 1, 1834.
Description of file(s): PDF 15 page, 4,632 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: White, Jacob C., d. 1872
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
Speech given during the celebration of the August 1st anniversary of the emancipation of the British West Indies. The speaker praised this action, although some have seen it as a failure and the ruin of Jamaica.
Description of file(s): PDF 4 page, 854 word document (text and images)