Speaker or author: Truth, Sojourner, d. 1883
Newspaper or publication: Anti-Slavery Bugle
Speech expressing the speaker's opinion on rights for women. (Includes mp3 audio file.)
Description of file(s): PDF 2 page, 434 word document (text and images)
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Title: Weekly Advocate - January 21, 1837
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Advocate (1837)
The writer called for universal emancipation. He emphasized the moral and political injustices of the system of slavery in the U.S.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Speaker or author: Johnson, William F., fl. 1852
Newspaper or publication: National Anti-Slavery Standard
Short speech noting that while early Africas such as Memnor (who invented the first letters of the alphabet) and Euclid (mathematician) contributed to current knowledge, school children were not taught about their achievements because of their place of birth.
Description of file(s): PDF 1 page, 91 word document (text and image)
Speaker or author: Watkins, William J.
Newspaper or publication: Liberator
Speech denouncing the plans and goals of the American Colonization Society. The speaker believes that the real objective of colonization is not the "professed love for the colored man," or a love for Africa, but to protect the institution of slavery in the U.S.
Description of file(s): PDF 2 page, 334 word document (text and images)