Speaker or author: Smith, James McCune, 1813-1865
Newspaper or publication: Presscopy -- Congregational Library -- Boston, Massachusetts -- Anti-Slavery Pamphlets
A lecture on the history of the Haytian Revolutions with a "character sketch" of Toussaint L'Ouverture given to benefit the Colored Orphan Asylum. The lecture outlines the class structure in Hayti and the timeline leading up to the revolutions from 1791 through 1803. (Speeches 06086, 06136, 06196, 06220, 06242, 06269, and 06309 are duplicates of this speech.)
Description of file(s): PDF 26 page, 9,292 word document (text and images)
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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - April 5, 1862
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
The writer shares stories from some African Americans who have immigrated to Hayti only to find life there difficult, unhealthy, and dangerous.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - March 29, 1862
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
Although immigration to Hayti had been touted as a solution to the problem of what to do with former slaves, fewer and fewer African Americans are actually taking advantage of this option. The reality of this idea seems to have failed to live up to expectations.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column