Speaker or author: Crummell, Alexander, 1819-1898
Newspaper or publication: Presscopy -- British Library -- Anti-Slavery Pamphlets
Lengthy speech given as the annual oration on Independence Day in Liberia, Monrovia. The speaker emphasized the advances in Monrovia's economy, industry, resources and education of its people made since its humble beginnings.
Description of file(s): PDF 46 page, 12,594 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873
Newspaper or publication: Liberator
Impassioned speech defending the speaker's assertion that the U.S. government is composed of "liars and hypocrites" who dare to celebrate the July 4th freedom of a nation which continues to hold millions of enslaved people.
Description of file(s): PDF 3 page, 806 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873
Newspaper or publication: Anti-Slavery Reporter
Speech delivered in London before the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society (attended by the Duke of Sussex and other dignitaries), regarding the plight of the slave in the United States.
Description of file(s): PDF 3 page, 904 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873
Newspaper or publication: Liberator
Speech delivered during a July 4th celebration emphasizing the irony of celebrating freedom in a country condoning slavery. The speaker denounced the recent court decision handed down by Judge Taney in the Dred Scott case.
Description of file(s): PDF 6 page, 1,728 word document (text and images)
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Title: Colored American - February 2, 1839
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer gives the reasons he believes that the U.S. should recognize the independence of the government of Haiti before giving that recognition to Texas.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Colored American - June 30, 1838
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer encourages his readers to purchase land and become farmers. He urges them to leave the larger cities and raise their families in the country where there is more opportunity for a quality life. The cities offer prejudice and misery, the country offers independence and security.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Colored American - June 30, 1838
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer encourages African Americans to move to the country and leave the larger cities where their opportunities are limited. The employment available to them in large cities is menial and hard to come by, and living there involves enduring prejudice.
Description of file(s): one scanned, one columned, newspaper page
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Title: Colored American - November 3, 1838
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The editor shares a message from Colonel Stone to the U.S. government encouraging positive social and economic relations with Hayti.
Description of file(s): one scanned, one columned, newspaper page
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Title: Colored American - November 4, 1837
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer encourages his readers to take up agriculture. He believes that owning land, tilling the soil, and producing crops is a noble and honorable endeavor. By choosing professions in mechanics and farming, African Americans can become a vital part of the foundation of the country.
Description of file(s): one scanned, one columned, newspaper page
Speaker or author: Garnet, Henry Highland, 1815-1882.
Newspaper or publication: Presscopy -- Yale University -- Anti-Slavery Pamphlets
Speech detailing the history of the Negro race from its great African kings and queens of the past, to its victims of slavery. Included is a look forward to the successes that will come with its future generations.
Description of file(s): PDF 26 page, 7,813 word document (text and images)
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: Pacific Appeal - May 2, 1863
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Pacific Appeal (1862 - 188?)
The writer addresses the question of whether African Americans should celebrate the July 4th holiday since it doesn't really mark their freedom like it does for white Americans. He suggests that from now on the celebration of the emancipation of the British West Indies (usually celebrated on August 1st) be celebrated on July 4th. This way, the Fourth of July could truly be a national holiday giving all Americans a way to celebrate freedom.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - February 26, 1851
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The writer announces an upcoming lecture by Henry Bibb on the subject of agriculture.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - July 30, 1851
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The writer provides an overview of the city of Chicago and tells about his visit there.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - June 17, 1852
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The writer provides brief commentary on the new Emperor of Hayti.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - October 8, 1851
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The writer briefly illustrates the number of slaves in the United States in 1776, and notes the changes in the system that have occurred since that time.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
Speaker or author: Johnson, William Henry, 1833-1918.
Newspaper or publication: Presscopy -- Albany Institute of History and Art
The speaker traced the history of freedom in the U.S. during a July 4th celebration in Philadelphia. He emphasized the irony of continued slavery in a country founded on freedom and liberty for all.
Description of file(s): PDF 15 page, 5,184 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Watkins, William J.
Newspaper or publication: Toronto Globe
Overview of brief speech encouraging the black population of Canada to take responsibility for their own lives and future. The speaker encouraged his audience to vote for those he believed would benefit the black citizens of Canada most by working for justice and racial equality.
Description of file(s): PDF 2 page, 414 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884
Newspaper or publication: National Anti-Slavery Standard
Speech regarding the negative image the American slaveholders and pro-slavery representatives offer people in Europe who judge all Americans by those they meet. The speaker (whose father was a slaveholder and his mother a slave) stressed the irony of a country founded on freedom that still maintained the institution of slavery.
Description of file(s): PDF 6 page, 1,429 word document (text and images)