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Black Abolitionist Archive
Colored American - May 27, 1837
Voice of the Fugitive - January 15, 1851
Northern Star and Freemen's Advocate - March 31, 1842
Alexander Crummell
Voice of the Fugitive - October 7, 1852
Voice of the Fugitive - October 22, 1851
Provincial Freeman - August 5, 1854
Elevator - September 1, 1865
Colored American - May 30, 1840
Provincial Freeman - November 11, 1854
Weekly Anglo-African - October 15, 1859
Provincial Freeman - March 7, 1857
Peter Vogelsang
William J. Watkins
Pacific Appeal - April 11, 1863
Provincial Freeman - September 16, 1854
Pacific Appeal - April 26, 1862
John G. Britton

From the 1820s to the Civil War, African Americans assumed prominent roles in the transatlantic struggle to abolish slavery. In contrast to the popular belief that the abolitionist crusade was driven by wealthy whites, some 300 black abolitionists were regularly involved in the antislavery movement, heightening its credibility and broadening its agenda. The Black Abolitionist Digital Archive is a collection of over 800 speeches by antebellum blacks and approximately 1,000 editorials from the period. These important documents provide a portrait of black involvement in the anti-slavery movement; scans of these documents are provided as images and PDF files.

If you have questions or comments on the collection, please contact Pat Higo at: higopa@udmercy.edu.

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