Speaker or author: Francis, Abner H.
Newspaper or publication: North Star
Speech delivered to celebrate the anniversary of the emancipation of the British West Indies. The speaker recounted the history of slavery, the successes of those who had overcome slavery in the past, and the potential of those abolitionists who he believes will abolish slavery forever after.
Description of file(s): PDF 17 page, 4,145 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Francis, Abner H.
Newspaper or publication: North Star
Eulogy for John Quincy Adams stressing the high points and low points of his career. The speaker compared the state of the country to the Roman Empire in its last days.
Description of file(s): PDF 19 page, 4,143 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Beman, Amos Gerry, 1812-1874
Newspaper or publication: North Star
Brief speech expressing the speaker's outrage at the defeat of African American suffrage in Connecticut. The speaker blamed the defeat on Irish voters. (Includes MP3 audio file.)
Description of file(s): PDF 1 page, 228 word document (text and image)
Speaker or author: Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873
Newspaper or publication: North Star
Speech encouraging "nominally free" African Americans to not give up hope for the abolition of slavery. He urged them to not purchase pro-slavery newspapers and to help themselves overcome the oppression of prejudice. He emphasized that there was a feeling of lethargy and complacency among them that only helped to strengthen the pro-slavery forces.
Description of file(s): PDF 2 page, 484 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873
Newspaper or publication: North Star
Speech delivered before the New England Anti-Slavery Convention held in Boston encouraging continued efforts in the work towards the abolition of slavery.
Description of file(s): PDF 3 page, 617 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Weir, George, Jr.
Newspaper or publication: North Star
Extract from a speech delivered before the Ladies' Literary and Progressive Association of Buffalo, New York, regarding the benefits of education, scientific advancement, and religion in the struggle against slavery.
Description of file(s): PDF 16 page, 3,541 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Garnet, Henry Highland, 1815-1882.
Newspaper or publication: North Star
Sermon regarding brotherly love, honoring God, and trusting in the power of God's love for all men. The speaker offered words of encouragement and hope during troubled times as civil war seemed inevitable.
Description of file(s): PDF 5 page, 1,283 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Johnson, Henry W., abolitionist
Newspaper or publication: North Star
Speech delivered during a celebration of the August 1st emancipation of the British West Indies. The speaker stresses the plight of those still enslaved in this country but is encouraged by events that he sees must lead the U.S. to emancipation.
Description of file(s): PDF 24 page, 5,038 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Peck, John, of Pittsburgh
Newspaper or publication: North Star
Excerpt from an address on the responsibility of churches in the continuation of prejudice and slavery. The speaker emphasized the implied approval the Church exhibited towards slavery which goes against Christian doctrine.
Description of file(s): PDF 5 page, 940 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Delany, Martin Robison, 1812-1885
Newspaper or publication: North Star
Brief account of a speech regarding the way Church ministers seemed to be encouraging slavery and considering it a "Divine" institution, thus condoning its continuation.
Description of file(s): PDF 3 page, 679 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Tyson, William A.
Newspaper or publication: North Star
Brief speech regarding the government's stance on fugitive slaves, and its idea of continuing slavery as it assigned slave holding status to newly formed states.
Description of file(s): PDF 2 page, 212 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Nell, William C. (William Cooper), 1816-1874.
Newspaper or publication: North Star
Brief overview of a speech stressing the potential for the moral and intellectual "elevation" of the African American people.
Description of file(s): PDF 1 page, 163 word document (text and image)
Speaker or author: Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884
Newspaper or publication: North Star
Brief speech acknowledging the emancipation of the French people from tyranny and slavery during the revolutions of 1848. (Includes MP3 audio file.)
Description of file(s): PDF 1 page, 222 word document (text and image)
Speaker or author: Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884
Newspaper or publication: North Star
Speech given before a large gathering in Newcastle, England regarding the current condition of abolitionists in the U.S. The speaker notes the irony of the realization that England is the true "home of the brave and land of the free." He praises the work and help of the Quakers and abolitionists in the struggle for freedom taking place in the U.S. (Includes MP3 audio file.)
Description of file(s): PDF 3 page, 455 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884
Newspaper or publication: North Star
Brief speech regarding the degraded condition of the slave and the poor white working class in the southern states. The speaker pointed to a monument in Croton Heights, Connecticut erected to those who gave their lives in battle in 1781, with the names of black victims listed separately from whites as evidence of pro-slavery feelings in that state. (Inlcudes MP3 audio file.)
Description of file(s): PDF 1 page, 168 word document (text and image)
Speaker or author: Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884
Newspaper or publication: North Star
Speech given during a public meeting in London illustrating the cruelties and injustices of American slavery.
Description of file(s): PDF 4 page, 973 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884
Newspaper or publication: North Star
Brief speech encouraging the backing of the Irish people in the abolition of slavery in the U.S. The speaker compared the liberation of slaves to the liberation of the Irish Catholic people by Daniel O'Connell.
Description of file(s): PDF 3 page, 657 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884
Newspaper or publication: North Star
Speech given during a ceremony welcoming the speaker to England. The speaker addressed the audience on the horrors of slavery, the injustices of the U. S. laws that allowed slaveholders to abuse their slaves, and the general prejudice of the American people towards all people of color.
Description of file(s): PDF 9 page, 2,267 word document (text and images)