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| Speaker or Author: | De Grasse, Isaiah G. | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | To the American Convention for promoting the Abolition of Slavery, and improving the condition of the African Race. | | Date Published: | 1831 | | Notes: | Spoken essay given by a 15 year old boy at an exhibition of the New York African Free School in 1828 regarding his experience with slavery. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Osborne, Peter, fl. 1832 | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | Address of Mr. Peter Osborne, Delievered on the 5th of July, 1832, to the People of Color in the African Church in the city of New-Haven, Connecticut | | Date Published: | 1832-12-01 | | Notes: | Address delivered on July 5th, the date celebrated to call attention to the "lack of independence" for slaves and as a form of protest to the July 4th celebration. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Whipper, William, 1804?-1876 | | Newspaper: | Presscopy -- Boston Public Library -- Anti-Slavery Collections | | Title: | Eulogy on William Wilberforce, Esq. Delivered at the Request of The People of Colour of the City of Philadelphia, in the Second African Presbyterian Church, on the Sixth Day of December, 1833. | | Date Published: | 1833-12 | | Notes: | Eulogy for William Wilberforce "...delivered at the request of the People of Colour of the City of Philadelphia..." |
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| Speaker or Author: | Purvis, Robert, 1810-1898 | | Newspaper: | Presscopy -- Harvard University -- Anti-Slavery Pamphlets | | Title: | A Tribute to the Memory of Thomas Shipley, the Philanthropist | | Date Published: | 1836 | | Notes: | Tribute to the memory of Thomas Shipley, philanthropist, delivered at St. Thomas Church in Philadelphia on November 23, 1836. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Forten, James Jr. | | Newspaper: | Presscopy -- New York Public Library -- Schomburg Collection | | Title: | An Address Delivered before the Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society of Philadelphia on the Evening of the 14th of April, 1836 | | Date Published: | 1836 | | Notes: | Address delivered before the Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society of Philadelphia offering encouragement for continuing efforts in their work for emancipation. The speaker emphasized the horrors of slavery and the benefits of a Christian approach towards freedom. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Roper, Moses | | Newspaper: | Patriot | | Title: | American Slavery | | Date Published: | 1836-06-01 | | Notes: | Anecdotal speech delivered before the congregation at Reverend T. Price's Chapel in England on the cruelties suffered by slaves in America. The speaker stressed the progress of the anti-slavery society. (Speech 01285 is a duplicate of this speech.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Wright, Theodore S. (Theodore Sedgwick), 1797-1847 | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | Speech of the Rev. T.S. Wright at the N.E.A.S. Convention | | Date Published: | 1836-06-25 | | Notes: | Speech regarding equal opportunities for both black and white races, the cruelties of slavery, and the need for Christian interaction in race relations. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Wright, Theodore S. (Theodore Sedgwick), 1797-1847 | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | N. E. Anti-Slavery Convention | | Date Published: | 1836-07-02 | | Notes: | Speech given in response to a resolution regarding the "right of free discussion" which was being threatened by legislation. |
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| Speaker or Author: | White, Jacob C., d. 1872 | | Newspaper: | National Enquirer | | Title: | Anniversary of the British West-India Emancipation | | Date Published: | 1836-08-17 | | Notes: | Speech given to commemorate the anniversary of the emancipation of slaves in the British West Indies on August 1, 1834. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Ruggles, David, 1810-1849 | | Newspaper: | Emancipator | | Title: | Traitors Exposed | | Date Published: | 1836-11-02 | | Notes: | Speech delivered before a public meeting recounting the experience of Eliza Drummings at the hands of men who were helping her escape slavery. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Watkins, William J. | | Newspaper: | Philanthropist | | Date Published: | 1836-11-04 | | Notes: | Speech focusing on the benefits of education for freed slaves. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Williams, Ranson G. | | Newspaper: | Philanthropist | | Title: | Rhode Island Anti-Slavery Anniversary | | Date Published: | 1836-12-02 | | Notes: | Speech delievered at the first annual meeting of the Rhode Island State Anti-Slavery Society held at the Richmond Church in Providence Rhode Island addressing issues regarding the slave trade, the separation of slave families, and the relationship between slavery and Christian values. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Bell, Philip A. | | Newspaper: | Emancipator | | Title: | Meeting of the United Anti-Slavery Society of New-York | | Date Published: | 1836-12-15 | | Notes: | Speech before the first quarterly meeting of the United Anti-Slavery Society of New York which presented resolutions regarding the fundamental abolition goals of the organization. Also stress was placed on the importance of the Liberator newspaper. (Includes MP3 audio file.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Ray, Charles B. (Charles Bennett), 1807-1886 | | Date Published: | 1836-12-15 | | Notes: | 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. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Gardner, Charles | | Newspaper: | Presscopy -- Fourth Annual Report of the American Anti-Slavery Society, pp. 11-15 | | Date Published: | 1837 | | Notes: | Speech given regarding the possible positive results of immediate emancipation, and how freed slaves will live in and contribute to society. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Banks, Robert, fl. | | Newspaper: | Weekly Advocate (1837) | | Title: | Address Delivered before the colored Female Dorcas Society of the city of Buffalo, by Robert Banks, a colored man | | Date Published: | 1837-02-11 | | Notes: | Address given before the Female Dorcas Society of Buffalo regarding the positive influence of women in the abolition of slavery and aid to former slaves. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Morel, Junius C. | | Newspaper: | National Enquirer | | Title: | Speeches at the Late Convention | | Date Published: | 1837-03-11 | | Notes: | Speech against the colonization movement given before a convention held in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-04-22 | | Notes: | The writer is outraged at reports that the judge presiding over the trial of fugitive slaves expressed his desire to shoot them for "sport" instead of hearing their case. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Whipper, William, 1804?-1876 | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Title: | Address on Non-Resistance to Offensive Aggression | | Date Published: | 1837-09-09, 1837-09-16, 1837-09-23, 1837-09-30 | | Notes: | Speech published in four separate issues of the Colored American newspaper regarding non-resistence and peaceful protest to the tyranny of slavery, from a Christian perspective. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Wright, Theodore S. (Theodore Sedgwick), 1797-1847 | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Title: | Address of the Rev. Theodore S. Wright, Before the Convention of the New-York State Anti-Slavery Society, on the Acceptance of the Annual Report, Held at Utica, Sept. 20. | | Date Published: | 1837-10-14 | | Notes: | Speech given before the convention of the New York Anti-Slavery Society on the acceptance of their annual report with an emphasis on the tragedies and injustices of slavery. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Sidney, Thomas S. | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Title: | Reception of Dr. Smith, By the Colored Citizens of New York | | Date Published: | 1837-10-28 | | Notes: | Speech given to welcome the safe return to the U.S. of James McCune Smith after earning his degree at the university in Glasgow, Scotland, with emphasis placed on the importance of education. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Wright, Theodore S. (Theodore Sedgwick), 1797-1847 | | Newspaper: | New York Evangelist | | Title: | Speech of the Rev. Theodore S. Wright, at the Anniversary of the New-York State Anti-Slavery Society | | Date Published: | 1837-11-04 | | Notes: | Speech made in support of a resolution that all civil liberties (including religious, literary, and social liberty) should be made available to all persons regardless of race. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Wright, Theodore S. (Theodore Sedgwick), 1797-1847 | | Newspaper: | Herald of Freedom | | Title: | Address of the Rev. Theodore S. Wright, Before the Convention of the New-York State Anti-Slavery Society, On the Acceptance of the Annual Report, Held at Utica, Sept. 20 | | Date Published: | 1837-11-04 | | Notes: | Speech given before the New York State Anti-Slavery Society on the acceptance and adoption of the annual report with emphasis placed on the efforts toward emancipation that the society had accomplished since its inception. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Simons, Peter Paul, fl. 1839 | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Title: | Wicked Conspiracy | | Date Published: | 1837-12-30 | | Notes: | Rambling speech published under protest with a disclaimer from the newspaper editor regarding the grammar and wording. The speech addresses the role of women in the cause of freedom for the people of color. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873 | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | Remarks of Mr. Remond | | Date Published: | 1838-04-27 | | Notes: | Impromptu speech given in response to a remark made by a government official comparing granting freedom to the slaves with allowing wild animals to roam free. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Vogelsang, Peter, Lieutenant | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Title: | Address of Mr. Vogelsang, Senr., Before the Association for the Political Improvement of the People of Color, July 4, 1838 | | Date Published: | 1838-07-14 | | Notes: | Speech given before the Association for the Political Improvement of the People of Color regarding the political rights and civil liberties denied the people of color. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Douglass, William L. | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Title: | Address | | Date Published: | 1838-08-18 | | Notes: | Speech given on the anniversary of the abolition of slavery in the British West Indies in August, 1833, with emphasis placed on how the U.S. should follow Britain in abolishing slavery. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Pennington, James W. C. | | Newspaper: | Presscopy -- Yale University -- Anti-Slavery Pamphlets | | Title: | An Address Delivered at Newark, N.J. at the First Anniversary of West India Emancipation | | Date Published: | 1839 | | Notes: | Speech commemorating the anniversary of the emancipation of the British West Indies on August 1, 1834. The speaker stressed the horrors of the slave trade and the importance of immediate emancipation in the U.S. He also emphasized his disagreement with the idea of colonization. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Garnet, Henry Highland, 1815-1882. | | Newspaper: | Presscopy -- Seventh Annual Report of the Executive Committee of the American Anti-Slavery Society, pp. 1-7 | | Title: | Seventh Annual Report of the Executive Committee of the American Anti-Slavery Society | | Date Published: | 1840 | | Notes: | Speech given on the seventh anniversary of the American Anti-Slavery Society in response to a resolution put forth stating that all rights and immunities of American citizenship should be afforded to all Americans including the free people of color. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Smith, James McCune, 1813-1865 | | Newspaper: | Edinburgh Observer | | Title: | Anti-Slavery Breakfast | | Date Published: | 1840-07-28 | | Notes: | Speech delivered before a group of abolitionists in Edinburgh, Scotland, during a breakfast meeting. The speaker presented the perspective of the black abolitionist in the struggle for emancipation, and emphasized the politics involved as well as the injustice of slavery and slaveholding. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873 | | Newspaper: | National Anti-Slavery Standard | | Title: | British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society | | Date Published: | 1840-07-30 | | Notes: | Speech given in London before the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society regarding the political implications of continued slavery in the U.S. after British emancipation. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873 | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | American Slavery | | Date Published: | 1841-07-30 | | Notes: | Speech given in a public meeting which included debate among several abolitionists regarding the current state of abolition and emancipation. Emphasis is placed on the role of government and a comparison is made with the progress of abolition in other countries. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873 | | Newspaper: | Freeman's Journal (Dublin) | | Title: | Anti-Slavery Meeting | | Date Published: | 1841-08-05 | | Notes: | Speech given in Dublin regarding the current condition of slaves and slavery in the U.S. in an effort to rally support for the abolitionist cause in America. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873 | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | American Slavery. | | Date Published: | 1841-08-06 | | Notes: | Speech outlining the horrors of slavery contending that it was "... a system of murder" for profit. Emphasis is placed on recent writings by Thomas Fowell Buxton. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873 | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | Hibernian Anti-Slavery Society | | Date Published: | 1841-09-10 | | Notes: | Speech delivered in Dublin, Ireland before a meeting of the Hibernian Anti-Slavery Society to elicit support for the anti-slavery movements in the U.S. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Stewart, Austin, fl. 1840 | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Title: | Proceedings of the New York State Convention Held in the City of Troy, August 25th, 26th, and 27th, 1841 | | Date Published: | 1841-09-11 | | Notes: | Speech given during a convention held to adopt measures to ensure the franchisement of the free people of color in the free states. Attendees were encouraged to exercise their rights even if they didn't succeed in order to continue the struggle toward total political and social freedom. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873 | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | Slavery in America | | Date Published: | 1841-10-22 | | Notes: | Speech given in Limmerick, Ireland regarding the injustice of slavery, in order to elicit support for abolition and emancipation of slaves in the U.S. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873 | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | Anti-Slavery Lecture | | Date Published: | 1841-11-19 | | Notes: | Speech regarding the abuses, injustices, and horrors of slavery emphasizing how the very existence of slavery was in opposition to the beliefs set forth in the American Constitution. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Pennington, James W. C. | | Newspaper: | Presscopy -- Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford -- Anti-Slavery Pamphlets | | Title: | Covenants Involving Moral Wrong are not Obligatory Upon Man | | Date Published: | 1842 | | Notes: | Sermon regarding the moral obligation of African Americans in the pursuit of individual freedom, happiness, truth, and justice. Stress is placed on the differences between "God's government" and the U.S. government. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Smith, James McCune, 1813-1865 | | Newspaper: | Presscopy -- Boston Public Library -- Anti-Slavery Pamphlets | | Title: | The Destiny of the People of Color, A Lecture Delivered before the Philomathean Society and Hamilton Lyceum | | Date Published: | 1843 | | Notes: | Speech given on the basic idea that slavery is irrational, immoral, and in opposition to the core beliefs of the founding fathers. Emphasis is placed on the destiny and potential future of the Negro race in the U.S. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873 | | Newspaper: | Legion of Liberty and Force of Truth | | Title: | Charles Lenox Remond | | Date Published: | 1843 | | Notes: | Speech given in Dublin regarding the irony of slavery in a country (America) which stresses freedom and equality above all else. Emphasis is placed on the hopeless and helpless condition of every slave living in the U.S. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Douglas, George | | Newspaper: | Signal of Liberty | | Date Published: | 1843-06-05 | | Notes: | Brief narrative regarding how slaves feel about the help they're receiving from the abolitionists in the north. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Pennington, James W. C. | | Newspaper: | Anti-Slavery Reporter | | Date Published: | 1843-06-14 | | Notes: | The speaker stressed that the people of color in the U.S. will never be reconciled to slavery, although they do express a love of this country. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Pennington, James W. C. | | Newspaper: | Anti-Slavery Reporter | | Title: | Wednesday Morning | | Date Published: | 1843-06-21 | | Notes: | Speech regarding the colonization of Africa in terms of emigration, and the continued injustices of American slavery. The speaker offered praise for the work of American abolitionists in their efforts to correct state constitutions that included wording that implied the superiority of the white population in America. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Johnson, William P., fl. 1839 | | Newspaper: | Non Conformist | | Title: | Thursday | | Date Published: | 1843-06-21 | | Notes: | Brief excerpt of speech detailing the help one abolitionist from New York had offered escaping slaves in their journey to Canada. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Pennington, James W. C. | | Newspaper: | Leeds Mercury | | Title: | Leeds Anti-Slavery Society | | Date Published: | 1843-08-05 | | Notes: | Speech given before the Leeds Anti-Slavery Society in England regarding the inhumanity and cruelty of slavery in the U.S. The speaker discusses how the U.S. is divided into states that allow slavery and those that don't. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Pennington, James W. C. | | Newspaper: | Anti-Slavery Reporter | | Title: | Celebration of the First of August by the Birmingham Anti-Slavery Society | | Date Published: | 1843-08-09 | | Notes: | Speech given during a celebration of the August 1st anniversary of the emancipation of the British West Indies stressing the progress of the anti-slavery movements and abolition in the U. S. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Snowden, Samuel, fl. 1840 | | Newspaper: | Emancipator | | Title: | Great Annual Jubilee--August 1, 1843 | | Date Published: | 1843-08-17 | | Notes: | Speech given during the celebration of the August 1st anniversary of the emancipation of the British West Indies. The speaker offered a comparison of slavery in Biblical times with slavery in the U.S. in 1843. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873 | | Newspaper: | National Anti-Slavery Standard | | Title: | Report of the New England Convention | | Date Published: | 1844-07-18 | | Notes: | This speech is a continuation of a previous speech (not included). Speech addresses the wording of the Constitution in that it does not include provisions for slavery. Also addressed are issues regarding women's rights and inequality based on race and sex. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Jenkins, David | | Newspaper: | Palladium of Liberty (1843 - 1844) | | Title: | Remarks of Mr. Jenkins on the organization of the Convention, Sept. 18, 1844 | | Date Published: | 1844-10-16 | | Notes: | Speech given on the organization of a convention held in Columbus. Stress is placed on the privilege of free speech and the right to assemble. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Hilton, John T. | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Date Published: | 1846-07-24 | | Notes: | Speech praising the work of William Lloyd Garrison and George Thompson in the cause of the abolition of slavery. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884 | | Newspaper: | Presscopy -- Dartmouth College -- Anti-Slavery Pamphlets | | Title: | A Lecture Delivered Before the Female Anti-Slavery Society of Salem | | Date Published: | 1847 | | Notes: | Address given before the Female Anti-Slavery Society in which the speaker answered the question "what is slavery?" with emphasis placed on how slavery affects the character of the American people. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873 q | | Newspaper: | National Anti-Slavery Standard | | Title: | Cazenovia Anti-Slavery Convention | | Date Published: | 1847-03-11 | | Notes: | Brief speech delivered at the Cazenovia Anti-Slavery Convention stressing the political and moral aspects of the Liberty party and the Anti-Slavery Society. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Ward, Samuel Ringgold, b. 1817 | | Newspaper: | National Anti-Slavery Standard | | Title: | Cazenovia Anti-Slavery Convention | | Date Published: | 1847-03-11 | | Notes: | Brief speech delivered at the Cazenovia Anti-Slavery Convention stressing the political and moral aspects of the Liberty party and the Anti-Slavery Society. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873 | | Newspaper: | National Anti-Slavery Standard | | Title: | Cazenovia Anti-Slavery Convention | | Date Published: | 1847-03-18 | | Notes: | Speech given as Mr. Remond proposed a resolution stressing the importance of encouraging friends of the anti-slavery movement to subscribe to the National Anti-Slavery Standard and Liberator newspapers. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Ward, Samuel Ringgold, b. 1817 | | Newspaper: | National Anti-Slavery Standard | | Title: | Cazenovia Anti-Slavery Convention | | Date Published: | 1847-03-18 | | Notes: | Speech delivered during the Cazenovia Anti-Slavery Convention addressing issues of government legislation that encourages discrimination in schools and churches. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873 | | Newspaper: | National Anti-Slavery Standard | | Title: | Cazenovia Anti-Slavery Convention | | Date Published: | 1847-03-18 | | Notes: | Speech describing the irony of the slave trade that had become an embarrassment for the nation. Mr. Remond described the image of the slave as: "... human flesh market ... sustained by the Constitution on one side, and the Bible on the other, and the United States flag floating over it..." |
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| Speaker or Author: | Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873 | | Newspaper: | National Anti-Slavery Standard | | Title: | Cazenovia Anti-Slavery Convention | | Date Published: | 1847-03-25 | | Notes: | Speech stressing the idea that the Constitution is "pro-slavery" and that the Liberty Party has formed to protest this. The speaker notes that "A protest amounts to nothing, so long as he continues in fellowship with those who persist in evil-doing." This statement was in response to a suggestion that the Liberty Party members "unite" with the slaveholders in governmental action. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873 | | Newspaper: | National Anti-Slavery Standard | | Title: | Cazenovia Anti-Slavery Convention | | Date Published: | 1847-04-01 | | Notes: | Speech given at the conclusion of the Cazenovia Anti-Slavery Convention with the speaker stressing the pros and cons of southern succession from the Union. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Garnet, Henry Highland, 1815-1882. | | Newspaper: | Presscopy -- New York Public Library | | Title: | Walker's Appeal with a Brief Sketch of His Life, and also Garnet's Address to the Slaves of the United States of America. | | Date Published: | 1848 | | Notes: | Excerpt from a longer speech first delivered on 1843, modified, and republished in 1848. The speaker called for action among the slaves of the nation through a passionate appeal for liberty and freedom. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Francis, Abner H. | | Newspaper: | North Star | | Title: | Eulogy on the Life and Character of John Quincy Adams, delivered at Buffalo, March 2, 1848 | | Date Published: | 1848-03-24 | | Notes: | Eulogy for John Quincy Adams stressing the high points and low points of his career. The speaker compared the state of the country to the Roman Empire in its last days. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884 | | Newspaper: | National Anti-Slavery Standard | | Date Published: | 1848-05-18 | | Notes: | Brief speech in which the speaker compares the slaveholder to the Devil. The speaker says that religion aids slavery. (Includes MP3 audio file.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Delany, Martin Robison, 1812-1885 | | Newspaper: | North Star | | Title: | M. R. Delany | | Date Published: | 1848-05-19 | | Notes: | Brief account of a speech regarding the way Church ministers seemed to be encouraging slavery and considering it a "Divine" institution, thus condoning its continuation. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Crummell, Alexander, 1819-1898 | | Newspaper: | Anti-Slavery Reporter | | Title: | Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society. | | Date Published: | 1848-06-01 | | Notes: | Speech given during the annual meeting of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society attended mostly by members of the Society of Friends. The speaker describes the progress and successes of the abolition movement throughout the world. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884 | | Newspaper: | North Star | | Title: | New England Anti-Slavery Convention | | Date Published: | 1848-06-16 | | Notes: | Brief speech regarding the degraded condition of the slave and the poor white working class in the southern states. The speaker pointed to a monument in Croton Heights, Connecticut erected to those who gave their lives in battle in 1781, with the names of black victims listed separately from whites as evidence of pro-slavery feelings in that state. (Inlcudes MP3 audio file.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873 | | Newspaper: | North Star | | Title: | New England Anti-Slavery Convention | | Date Published: | 1848-06-23 | | Notes: | Speech delivered before the New England Anti-Slavery Convention held in Boston encouraging continued efforts in the work towards the abolition of slavery. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Johnson, Henry W., abolitionist | | Newspaper: | North Star | | Title: | Address of H. W. Johnson Delivered at the First of August Celebration | | Date Published: | 1848-08-21 | | Notes: | Speech delivered during a celebration of the August 1st emancipation of the British West Indies. The speaker stresses the plight of those still enslaved in this country but is encouraged by events that he sees must lead the U.S. to emancipation. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Brown, Henry Box, b. 1816 | | Newspaper: | Emancipator | | Title: | Thrilling Narrative | | Date Published: | 1849-06-07 | | Notes: | Narrative regarding one man's daring escape from slavery by having himself shipped in a crate from Richmond, Virginia, to Philadelphia and freedom. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884 | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | Presentation and Farewell Meeting | | Date Published: | 1849-07-27 | | Notes: | Brief farewell speech given prior to the speaker's departure for the World Peace Convention in Paris. The speaker assured the audience that the World Peace Convention would hasten the complete abolition of slavery. (Includes MP3 audio file.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Francis, Abner H. | | Newspaper: | North Star | | Title: | Oration by A. H. Francis of Buffalo, on the first of August, 1849 | | Date Published: | 1849-08-17 | | Notes: | Speech delivered to celebrate the anniversary of the emancipation of the British West Indies. The speaker recounted the history of slavery, the successes of those who had overcome slavery in the past, and the potential of those abolitionists who he believes will abolish slavery forever after. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884 | | Newspaper: | North Star | | Title: | Wm. Brown in Dublin, No Colorphobia there | | Date Published: | 1849-09-14 | | Notes: | Brief speech encouraging the backing of the Irish people in the abolition of slavery in the U.S. The speaker compared the liberation of slaves to the liberation of the Irish Catholic people by Daniel O'Connell. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Pennington, James W. C. | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | Peace Congress | | Date Published: | 1849-09-21 | | Notes: | Brief speech regarding universal peace, and the avoidance of war. The speaker emphasized that the love of war was not the same as patriotism. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884 | | Newspaper: | North Star | | Title: | The Peace Congress | | Date Published: | 1849-09-28 | | Notes: | Brief speech acknowledging the emancipation of the French people from tyranny and slavery during the revolutions of 1848. (Includes MP3 audio file.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884 | | Newspaper: | North Star | | Title: | Meeting to Welcome the Fugitive Slave, Mr. William Wells Brown | | Date Published: | 1849-10-05 | | Notes: | Speech given during a ceremony welcoming the speaker to England. The speaker addressed the audience on the horrors of slavery, the injustices of the U. S. laws that allowed slaveholders to abuse their slaves, and the general prejudice of the American people towards all people of color. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Pennington, James W. C. | | Newspaper: | Presscopy -- Congregational Library -- Anti-Slavery Pamphlets | | Title: | A Lecture Delivered Before the Glasgow Young Men's Christian Association; And Also Before the St. George's Biblical, Literary, and Scientific Institute, London | | Date Published: | 1850 | | Notes: | Speech regarding the injustices of slavery and prejudice emphasizing the extreme cruelity that can result from fear and hatred in mass populations. The speaker noted that while slavery intended to make "beasts of burden" of human bodies, the reality of slavery demonstrated that the institution was instead a battle to chain human minds. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Pennington, James W. C. | | Newspaper: | Presscopy -- Bibliotheque Nationale -- Paris, France | | Title: | Le Congres des Amis de la Paix Universelle Compte Rendee (Paris, 1850) p. 44-45 | | Date Published: | 1850 | | Notes: | Speech presented in Paris, France before a French speaking audience. The original speech is published in French and translated for an English speaking audience (only the English version is available here). The speaker emphasized that he believed the continued injustice and oppression of slavery would contribute to war in the U.S. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884 | | Newspaper: | North Star | | Title: | Soiree to W. W. Brown in Newcastle | | Date Published: | 1850-02-08 | | Notes: | Speech given before a large gathering in Newcastle, England regarding the current condition of abolitionists in the U.S. The speaker notes the irony of the realization that England is the true "home of the brave and land of the free." He praises the work and help of the Quakers and abolitionists in the struggle for freedom taking place in the U.S. (Includes MP3 audio file.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Ward, Samuel Ringgold, b. 1817 | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | Speech of Rev. Samuel R. Ward of New York, at the Anti-Webster Meeting in Faneuil Hall, March 25th, 1850 | | Date Published: | 1850-04-05 | | Notes: | Speech in response to Daniel Webster's support of the fugitive slave bill and his position on slavery. The speaker addressed a meeting of anti-Webster representatives in Boston who were outraged by a recent speech Webster made before the Senate. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Nell, William C. (William Cooper), 1816-1874. | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | Anti-Webster Meeting | | Date Published: | 1850-04-05 | | Notes: | Speech given in response to a speech by Daniel Webster in which he called for the surrender of fugitive slaves and encouraged the colonization of Africa by "nominally free" African Americans living in the north. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Ward, Samuel Ringgold, b. 1817 | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | Proceedings of a meeting of Citizens of Boston, at Tremont Temple, Tuesday evening, April 2nd | | Date Published: | 1850-04-12 | | Notes: | Speech responding to Daniel Webster's position on slavery and his recent speech regarding fugitive slaves. The speaker emphasized that slavery is unconstitutional. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884 | | Newspaper: | Bristol Mercury | | Title: | American Slavery | | Date Published: | 1850-04-13 | | Notes: | Anecdotal speech given before a meeting on American slavery held in Bristol, England. The speaker recounted his own escape to freedom and stories of others who had done the same. He spoke of the horrors and injustices of slavery, and stressed the importance of the support of the British people in the abolition of slavery in the U.S. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884 | | Newspaper: | Bristol Times | | Title: | American Slavery | | Date Published: | 1850-04-20 | | Notes: | Anecdotal speech given before a meeting on American slavery held in Bristol, England. The speaker recounted stories from his life and the lives of others who had experienced the cruelties of slavery. He spoke of the injustices of slavery, and stressed the importance of the support of the British people in the abolition of slavery in the U.S. (Includes MP3 audio file.) |
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