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Black Abolitionist Archive
Sarah Parker Remond
Colored American - June 2, 1838
Anglo-African - December 23, 1865
Charles Lenox Remond
Palladium of Liberty - March 27, 1844
Provincial Freeman - March 29, 1856
Charles Lenox Remond
John B. Smith
Voice of the Fugitive - October 22, 1851
Jeremiah Powers
Charles Lenox Remond
Colored American - December 7, 1839
Pacific Appeal - February 20, 1864
Peter H. Clark
Martin R. Delany
Weekly Anglo-African - March 3, 1860
Provincial Freeman - June 23, 1855
Provincial Freeman - November 25, 1854

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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