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Black Abolitionist Archive
Weekly Anglo-African - April 6, 1861
Colored American - November 23, 1839
J. E. Green
J. W. C. Pennington
Weekly Anglo-African - December 24, 1859
Pacific Appeal - October 11, 1862
Colored American - April 10, 1841
Voice of the Fugitive - May 20, 1852
Elevator - July 14, 1865
Voice of the Fugitive - August 27, 1851
Impartial Citizen - October 17, 1849
William Cooper Nell
Weekly Anglo-African - April 5, 1862
Provincial Freeman - April 21, 1855
Impartial Citizen - January 23, 1850
Voice of the Fugitive - February 26, 1852
Thomas Detter
Provincial Freeman - September 1857

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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