Speaker or author: Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873
Newspaper or publication: Presscopy -- Boston Public Library -- Anti-Slavery Pamphlets
Brief speech supporting a resolution that denounced slaveholding. He emphasized that education was the key to ending the contradiction evident in a country established in freedom but depending for its survival on slavery.
Description of file(s): PDF 2 page, 491 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Smith, James McCune, 1813-1865
Newspaper or publication: Presscopy -- Boston Public Library -- Anti-Slavery Pamphlets
Speech given on the basic idea that slavery is irrational, immoral, and in opposition to the core beliefs of the founding fathers. Emphasis is placed on the destiny and potential future of the Negro race in the U.S.
Description of file(s): PDF 17 page, 6,176 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Johnson, Mr., fl. 1837
Newspaper or publication: Presscopy -- Boston Public Library -- Anti-Slavery Pamphlets -- 5th Annual Report, 1837
First hand account of one man's experience with slavery.
Description of file(s): PDF 3 page, 1,410 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Jones, Thomas H.
Newspaper or publication: Presscopy -- Boston Public Library -- Anti-Slavery Pamphlets
Brief speech commending the anti-slavery work of William Lloyd Garrison. The speaker believed that the work of William Lloyd Garrison offered more compassion than most churches at the time which were denying the slave a place in their congregations.
Description of file(s): PDF 1 page, 211 word document (text and image)
Speaker or author: Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884
Newspaper or publication: Presscopy -- Boston Public Library -- Anti-Slavery Pamphlets
Brief overview of speech regarding the influence of the Church on the continuation of slavery. The speaker stressed the importance of stripping away the social and religious acceptance of slavery as a source of economic development in the U.S. (Duplicate of speech Brown_16338spe. See this speech for audio recording.)
Description of file(s): PDF 1 page, 206 word document (text and image)