Speaker or author: Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873
Newspaper or publication: Liberator
Speech denouncing the Fugitive Slave Law; and lamenting the loss of motivation in those who had formed anti-slavery societies and had for so long fought untiringly for freedom.
Description of file(s): PDF 4 page, 1,026 word document (text and images)
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Speaker or author: Tasco, Charles
Newspaper or publication: Liberator
Brief speech given to encourage African Americans to fight for their country.
Description of file(s): PDF 1 page, 130 word document (text and image)
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - August 26, 1852
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The writer compares the growth and improvements he sees in Detroit to the relatively slow economic development in Windsor. He questions why Windsor is not further along in its development.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - December 24, 1859
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
Commentary on the part the question of slavery plays in the current political arena. He emphasizes that political slavery is just as degrading as physical bondage.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - November 26, 1859
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
The writer discusses the effects of John Brown's actions on the politics of slavery. He tells his readers that this was a revolutionary act and that it has opened the way to reform.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - September 14, 1861
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
The writer presents his case for the necessity of the Civil War. He urges all African Americans to join the fight for freedom once the government accepts their services in this war.
Description of file(s): two scanned newspaper pages (three columns)
Speaker or author: Watkins, William J.
Newspaper or publication: Frederick Douglass' Paper
Impassioned speech delivered on the anniversary of the emancipation of the British West Indies. The speaker stressed that while this was a cause to celebrate, the continuation of slavery in the U.S. was evidence that there was still more work to be done. The speaker emphasized the history of the fight for freedom that accompanied the history of slavery. He stresssed that slavery was not vanquished until both issues were resolved.
Description of file(s): PDF 25 page, 5,747 word document (text and images)