Speaker or author: Hood, J. W. (James Walker), 1831-1918
Newspaper or publication: Christian Recorder (1852 - 1856)
The speaker stressed that the ideas of colonization and "exportation" were nonsense. He emphasized that African Americans had four major requests: 1) the allowance to testify in court, 2) the right to serve on a jury, 3) the right to act as counsel for a black defendant, 4) the right to vote.
Description of file(s): PDF 2 page, 404 word document (text and images)
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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - December 7, 1861
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
Abraham Lincoln's main concern is to preserve the Union. His struggle to find a way of doing this, keeping peace, and finding a way to integrate former slaves into the social structure is frustrating to this writer who looks to the president for a swift solution. At this point, slaves are viewed as property and therefore freed as part of the Union's response to the southern rebellion.
Description of file(s): two scanned newspaper pages (three columns)
Speaker or author: Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884
Newspaper or publication: Liberator
Speech regarding the question of expatriation and what to do with freed slaves once the Civil War was over. The speaker believed that slavery would end with the end of the war, but he could see the potential problems in a future society including newly freed slaves.
Description of file(s): PDF 6 page, 1,757 word document (text and images)