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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - February 12, 1851
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The writer urges fugitives who may still be lingering in the U.S. to continue on to Canada. He tells them that there is no safe place for them in the U.S.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - May 20, 1852
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The writer points out the contributions of African Americans to the history of this country. He also notes the significant impact African American writers and artists are making in the cultural shaping of the U.S.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The writer announces a reception for William and Ellen Craft, two renowned fugitive slaves.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
Speaker or author: Nell, William C. (William Cooper), 1816-1874.
Newspaper or publication: Liberator
Speech expressing praise for a recent speech given before Congress by Charles Sumner regarding equal school rights for African Americans. The speaker also praised the life and recent death of Reverend Theodore Parker. He emphasized some of Reverend Parker's accomplishments.
Description of file(s): PDF 3 page, 666 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Craft, William
Newspaper or publication: Plymouth and Devonport Weekly Journal
Speech describing the speaker's experiences as he and his wife made their escape from slavery. The speaker emphasized the cruelty and misery that slaves were enduring daily.
Description of file(s): PDF 5 page, 2,263 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Craft, William
Newspaper or publication: Presscopy -- Bibliotheque Nationale -- Paris, France
Speech describing the speaker and his wife's escape from slavery. The horrors and injustices of slavery are emphasized.
Description of file(s): PDF 7 page, 2,779 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Craft, William
Newspaper or publication: Inquirer
Narrative regarding the speaker's experiences as a slave and his subsequent escape from slavery.
Description of file(s): PDF 3 page, 751 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Craft, William
Newspaper or publication: National Anti-Slavery Standard
Speech denouncing the Fugitive Slave Bill, and stressing the horrors and cruelties of slavery in the U.S. The speaker related the story of his escape from slavery.
Description of file(s): PDF 3 page, 751 word document (text and images)
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Speaker or author: Craft, William
Newspaper or publication: Western Times
Speech relating the speaker's experiences as a slave and his subsequent escape. The speaker also denounced the recently passed Fugitive Slave Law.
Description of file(s): PDF 4 page, 1,219 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884
Newspaper or publication: National Anti-Slavery Standard
Speech denouncing the Fugitive Slave Bill, and expressing the speaker's belief regarding the continuation of the institution of slavery. The speaker emphasized the role the Church plays in keeping slavery in place and the unspoken approval of racial prejudice that this offered society.
Description of file(s): PDF 7 page, 1,831 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884
Newspaper or publication: Plymouth and Devonport Weekly Journal
Speech denouncing the Fugitive Slave Law, and describing the history of slavery as a history of legalized abuse and injustice.
Description of file(s): PDF 6 page, 1,989 word document (text and images)