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Title: Frederick Douglass' Paper - April 12, 1854
Speaker or author: Watkins, William J.
Newspaper or publication: Frederick Douglass' Paper (1851 - 18??)
The writer comments on a speech delivered by former president Millard Fillmore delivered in New Orleans during his tour of the southern states.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Impartial Citizen - March 14, 1849
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851)
The writer addresses the question of whether the new territories should be designated slave or free states. He offers commentary on the stand some politicians are taking on this issue.
Description of file(s): two scanned newspaper pages (three columns)
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Title: Impartial Citizen - October 5, 1850
Speaker or author: Ward, Samuel Ringgold, b. 1817
Newspaper or publication: Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851)
The writer offers further commentary on the Fugitive Slave Bill that he began in a previous editorial.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Impartial Citizen - September 14, 1850
Speaker or author: Ward, Samuel Ringgold, b. 1817
Newspaper or publication: Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851)
The writer comments on the Fugitive Slave Bill. He urges his readers to band together to support each other in their fight against this form of oppression.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
Speaker or author: Hamlet, James
Newspaper or publication: Impatial Citizen
Anecdotal speech regarding the speaker's experiences with being unjustly arrested and sold into slavery in accordance with the Fugitive Slave Bill. The speaker (who's proper name is James Hamilton Williams) gave his address during a meeting celebrating his return to freedom.
Description of file(s): PDF 2 page, 341 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Raymond, John T., Rev.
Newspaper or publication: National Anti-Slavery Standard
Overview of speech offered in protest of the Fugitive Slave Bill that was contributing to the kidnapping of nominally free black citizens of New York. Emphasis was placed on the recent experience in this regard of James Hamlet, who escaped after being kidnapped to be sold into slavery.
Description of file(s): PDF 3 page, 774 word document (text and images)
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Title: Pacific Appeal - January 24, 1863
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Pacific Appeal (1862 - 188?)
The writer describes the series of Presidential Administrations during what he describes as "the zenith of the slave-power" in this country. Now that the Emancipation Proclamation has taken effect, he predicts that "Truly, a bright future awaits us."
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - December 16, 1852
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The writer discusses the current debate over the acquisition of Cuba from Spain.
Description of file(s): three scanned newspaper pages (five columns)
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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 comments on a proclamation issued by President Millard Fillmore in response to a recent incident involving an assault on a government official in Boston.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - March 16, 1861
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
The writer comments on President Lincoln's inaugural address.
Description of file(s): two scanned, two columned, newspaper pages
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Speaker or author: Nell, William C. (William Cooper), 1816-1874.
Newspaper or publication: National Anti-Slavery Standard
Brief speech denouncing colonization and the Fugitive Slave Law. The speaker noted that in the state of New York "...professor's chairs are filled by coloured men, who dispense the dew-drops of knowledge to a majority of white pupils; and, strange as it may sound to Colonisation ears, neither teachers or scholars are contaminated by the association."
Description of file(s): PDF 1 page, 158 word document (text and image)
Speaker or author: Craft, William
Newspaper or publication: Frederick Douglass' Paper
Speech denouncing the Fugitive Slave Law and emphasizing its injustices. The speaker recounted his experiences with this law.
Description of file(s): PDF 3 page, 662 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Allen, William G., fl. 1849-1853
Newspaper or publication: Frederick Douglass' Paper
Lengthy speech describing the various attributes and skills of a great orator, and the benefits of the freedom of public speaking in the U.S. The speaker believes oratory to be the greatest art of expression in a free country.
Description of file(s): PDF 36 page, 8,718 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Powell, William P.
Newspaper or publication: National Anti-Slavery Standard
Speech denouncing the Fugitive Slave Law, and requesting financial help to further the fight for the abolition of slavery.
Description of file(s): PDF 3 page, 721 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884
Newspaper or publication: Liberator
Overview of a brief speech dwelling mostly on the effects of prejudice towards the people of color in the northern states. (Includes MP3 audio file.)
Description of file(s): PDF 1 page, 169 word document (text and image)