Speaker or author: Ray, Charles B. (Charles Bennett), 1807-1886
Speech given at the first quarterly meeting of the United Anti-Slavery Society of New York in response to resolutions regarding the fundamental abolition goals of the organization.
Description of file(s): PDF 3 page, 626 word document (text and images)
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Title: Colored American - July 18, 1840
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer responds to a letter published in another newspaper objecting to a recent anti-slavery convention. The letter anonymously expressed the view that African American abolitionists should not hold separate conventions; that all abolitionists should work together. This editorial expresses an opposing view.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
Speaker or author: Smith, James McCune, 1813-1865
Newspaper or publication: Anti-Slavery Bugle
Speech encouraging the National Council of the Colored People to continue work on the promises they established in their previous meeting. These promises included the elevation of the race through education, political advances, and civil rights in every state.
Description of file(s): PDF 6 page, 1,520 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Langston, John Mercer, 1829-1897.
Newspaper or publication: Presscopy -- New York Historical Society -- Pamphlet Collection
The speaker traced the history of the human struggle for freedom, justice and liberty. He emphasized that the struggle for emancipation of the slaves was part of this universal, human struggle for freedom. The speaker stressed that all human beings have an innate desire to be free, and this is their birthright.
Description of file(s): PDF 25 page, 8,341 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Williams, Peter, 1780?-1840
Newspaper or publication: Presscopy -- New York Public Library -- Schomburg Collection
Speech given for the benefit of the "coloured community of Wilberforce" in Upper Canada. Speech addresses efforts of the Colonization Society to relocate free people of color to Africa and Hayti. (Speech 00793 is duplicate of this speech)
Description of file(s): PDF 13 page, 3,488 word document (text and images)
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - January 15, 1851
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The writer provides a list of resolutions passed during a special meeting of the Massachusetts Female Emancipation Committee meeting held in 1850.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
Speaker or author: Day, William Howard, d. 1900
Newspaper or publication: Anti-Slavery Reporter
Brief overview of speech in which the speaker addressed the issue of fugitive slaves who had escaped to England. He urged these fugitives to be careful to follow British law and to be on guard for kidnappers.
Description of file(s): PDF 1 page, 163 word document (text and image)
Speaker or author: Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884
Newspaper or publication: Liberator
The speaker addressed the issue of the competence and intellectual abilities of African Americans. He offered a rebuttal on the idea that freed slaves would be unable to take care of themselves. He emphasized a historical perspective on the intellectual ability of the Negro race to not only survive but to prosper independent of European influence.
Description of file(s): PDF 14 page, 3,770 word document (text and images)