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Black Abolitionist Archive
Provincial Freeman - March 15, 1856
Stephen H. Gloucester
Weekly Anglo-African - September 24, 1859
Weekly Anglo-African - September 24, 1859
Frederick Douglass' Paper - December 1, 1854
Frederick Douglass' Paper - June 23, 1854
Weekly Anglo-African - April 7, 1860
Frederick Douglass' Paper - January 27, 1854
Weekly Anglo-African - April 27, 1861
Colored American - November 18, 1837
Anglo-African Magazine - November, 1859
Provincial Freeman - April 15, 1854
Provincial Freeman - July 1, 1854
Voice of the Fugitive - July 2, 1851
Provincial Freeman - September 29, 1855

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.For assistance with this collection, please contact the the University Archivist, Mara Powell at 313-993-1950 or the library reference desk at 313-993-1071. You may also email the reference desk for assistance at edesk@udmercy.edu.

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