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Title: Pacific Appeal - May 16, 1863
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Pacific Appeal (1862 - 188?)
The writer notes that there are African Americans who were born free or freed early in life and who traveled north to live in free states. These people have never known slavery, yet all African Americans are effected by prejudice regardless of their life experience.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - April 6, 1861
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
The writer expresses his ideas on the increasing political tension over the issue of slavery that seems to be stirring the country as the southern states secede from the Union.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
Speaker or author: Day, William Howard, d. 1900
Newspaper or publication: Douglass' Monthly
The speaker expressed his thoughts on the differences between the slave states and the free states. Although argument had been made that slavery was necessary for the good of the economy, he noted that from his experience and the current price of land, he believed that instead slavery "impoverished the land." He also expressed his thoughts on the influence of cotton on continuing slavery; and his belief in the benefits of colonization as an alternative to living in a country that was becoming wealthy from slavery.
Description of file(s): PDF 7 page, 1,504 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Day, William Howard, d. 1900
Newspaper or publication: Leeds Intelligencer
Overview of speech detailing the economics of slavery. The speaker noted the successes realized by free states when proponents of slavery had expressed the belief that without slavery the country couldn't survive economically. The speaker emphasized the influence of cotton on the continuation of slavery, and spoke against the idea of colonization.
Description of file(s): PDF 3 page, 1,146 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Still, William, 1821-1902.
Newspaper or publication: National Anti-Slavery Standard
Eloquent and rational speech regarding the unique predicament the free black citizens of Pennsylvania found themselves in since they were bordered by three slaveholding states and since the passing of the Fugitive Slave Law created incentive for kidnapping. The speaker emphasized the value of what they, as free black citizens, offered to the rest of the country in terms of example; and what they could do to protect and take care of themselves in emergency situations.
Description of file(s): PDF 11 page, 3,137 word document (text and images)