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Black Abolitionist Archive
Weekly Anglo-African - January 7, 1860
Weekly Anglo-African - March 17, 1860
Colored American - December 16, 1837
Voice of the Fugitive - July 1, 1852
Weekly Anglo-African - July 23, 1859
Peter Vogelsang
Weekly Anglo-African - March 24, 1860
Weekly Anglo-African - November 26, 1859
Provincial Freeman - 1858
Pacific Appeal -May 31, 1862
Weekly Anglo-African - April 27, 1861
Samuel Ringgold Ward
Provincial Freeman - May 24, 1856
Pacific Appeal - February 14, 1863
Elevator - September 8, 1865
Voice of the Fugitive - August 12, 1852
John Mercer Langston
Colored American - March 14, 1840

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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