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| Speaker or Author: | Bibb, Henry, b. 1815 | | Newspaper: | Emancipator | | Title: | Interesting Arrival in Canada. | | Notes: | Speech welcoming escaping slaves who had crossed into Canada from Detroit with the help of the Underground Railroad. (Includes MP3 audio file.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Bell, Philip A. | | Newspaper: | Weekly Advocate (1837) | | Notes: | David Ruggles describes his experience with men who wanted to capture him as a fugitive slave and force him aboard a Brazilian ship bound for Portugal. Both Ruggles and Philip Bell warn the African American public that people are being kidnapped by the crew of this ship and are not heard from again. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Cornish, Samuel E. (Samuel Eli), 1795?-1858 | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Notes: | The writer continues his commentary on a proposed resolution which states that African Americans will deny their vote to any candidate who does not support the immediate abolition of slavery. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862) | | Notes: | Commentary on the recent Democratic Convention. The writer expresses a tongue-in-cheek review of some of the political debate regarding the place African Americans will hold in the current social structure. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852) | | Notes: | The writer announces a reception for William and Ellen Craft, two renowned fugitive slaves. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Weekly Advocate (1837) | | Notes: | Brief explanation by the editor of the challenges and difficulties faced by the publishers of the Weekly Advocate newspaper. He promises that the paper will continue one way or another, and vows to work hard to make this happen. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Williams, Rev. Peter | | Newspaper: | Presscopy -- New York Public Library -- Schomburg Collection | | Title: | Discourse Delivered in St. Philip's Church, for the Benefit of the Coloured Community of Wilberforce, in Upper Canada. | | Date Published: | 1830 | | Notes: | 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) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Anonymous | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | Address, Delivered before a Colored Association in Brooklyn, N. Y. on the evening of the 5th inst. | | Date Published: | 1831-08-27 | | Notes: | An anonymous address regarding objections to the goals of the Colonization Society, with an emphasis on the negative impact of moving people from their native country. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Anonymous | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | Address, Delivered by a member of the Society co-operating with the General Convention at Philadelphia, in the African Church in Temple-street, New Haven. | | Date Published: | 1831-09-10 | | Notes: | Anonymous speech delivered by a member of the Society cooperating with the General Convention at Philadelphia against the colonization of Africa by freed slaves. (Includes MP3 audio file.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Douglass, S. M. (Sarah Mapps), 1806-1882 | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | Mental Feasts | | Date Published: | 1832-07-21 | | Notes: | Address given at the first of planned monthly womens' meetings ("Mental Feasts") for "the purpose of moral and religious meditation, conversation, reading and speaking, sympathising over the fate of the unhappy slaves, improving their own minds, &c. &c." |
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| Speaker or Author: | Nickens, David, ca. 1794-1838 | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | Celebration | | Date Published: | 1832-08-11 | | Notes: | An address delivered on July 5th, 1832 regarding "cultivating a friendly union among ourselves as oppressed people." A processional march to Walnut St., a four mile canal boat ride (with approximately 100 persons)on the Govenor Washington canal boat, and a church picnic followed. |
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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: | "Young Lady of Color" | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | A Short Address, Read at a 'Mental Feast,' by a young lady of color | | Date Published: | 1833-05-11 | | Notes: | Short address given by a "young lady of color" at a scheduled women's meeting ("Mental Feast") organized for the educational benefit of former slaves. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Paul, Nathaniel, 1792 or 3-1839 | | Newspaper: | Presscopy -- Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College | | Title: | Speeches Delivered at the Anti-Colonization Meeting in Exeter Hall, London | | Date Published: | 1833-07 | | Notes: | Speech given in London's Exeter Hall against the colonization of Africa proposed by the American Colonization Society. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Paul, Nathaniel, 1792 or 3-1839 | | Newspaper: | Patriot | | Title: | American Colonization Society | | Date Published: | 1833-07-10 | | Notes: | Debate over the pros and cons of the goals of the American Colonization Society. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Purvis, Robert, 1810-1898 | | Newspaper: | Abolitionist | | Date Published: | 1833-12 | | Notes: | Speech given against the idea of the colonization of Africa by freed people of color. |
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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: | Anonymous | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | An Address Delivered before the Members of the Female Minervian Association | | Date Published: | 1834-03-01 | | Notes: | Speech given by an anonymous speaker at the Female Minervian Association on the moral and social improvement of freed slaves, encouraging them to assist those who are still enslaved. |
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| Speaker or Author: | William G. Hamilton | | Newspaper: | Presscopy -- Boston Public Library -- Anti-Slavery Collections | | Title: | Address to the Fourth Annual Convention of the Free People of Color of the United States Delivered at the Opening of Their Session in the City of New-York, June 2, 1834 | | Date Published: | 1834-06 | | Notes: | Address given before the Fourth Annual Convention of the Free People of Color of the United States in New York promoting the improvement of freed slaves and speaking against the idea of colonization. |
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| Speaker or Author: | William G. Hamilton | | Newspaper: | Emancipator | | Title: | Anti-Slavery Address | | Date Published: | 1834-06-10 | | Notes: | Address delivered before the Annual Convention of the Free People of Color of the United States involving issues of emancipation and colonization of Africa. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Whipper, William, 1804?-1876 | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | Moral. Address Delivered before the Colored Temperance Society of Philadelphia, January 8, 1834 | | Date Published: | 1834-06-21 | | Notes: | Address delivered before the Colored Temperance Society of Philadelphia regarding the "blight of intemperance," and how this aligns with the blight of slavery. (Speeches 00907 and 00909 are duplicates of a portion of this speech.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Forten, Robert Bridges | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | An Address Delivered Before the Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society, of Philadelphia, by Robert B. Forten, Nov. 7, 1834 | | Date Published: | 1835-03-07 | | Notes: | An address delivered before the Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society of Philadelphia regarding freedom from slavery and the moral responsibilities that this freedom may include. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Paul, Nathaniel, 1792 or 3-1839 | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | Public Meeting -- Wilberforce Settlement | | Date Published: | 1835-03-14 | | Notes: | Speech regarding the influence of Christianity and British slave laws in the abolition of U.S. slavery. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Smith, James McCune, 1813-1865 | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | Annual Meeting of the Glasgow Emancipation Society | | Date Published: | 1835-06-27 | | Notes: | Brief congratulations to the Emancipation Society of Glasgow for their recent contribution to suppression of the slave trade. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Paul, Nathaniel, 1792 or 3-1839 | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | Annual Meeting of the Glasgow Emancipation Society | | Date Published: | 1835-06-27 | | Notes: | Speech given before the Glasgow Emancipation Society recognizing the society's accomplishments and encouraging them to continue their efforts towards emancipation. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Caples, Charles V. | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | Anniversary of the (Colored) Young Men's Debating Society | | Date Published: | 1835-10-10 | | Notes: | Short address on the second anniversary of the Colored Young Men's Debating Society in which the speaker acknowledged the benefits and successes of the society. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Watkins, William J. | | Newspaper: | Presscopy -- Harvard University -- Anti-Slavery Pamphlets | | Title: | An Address Delivered Before the Moral Reform Society, in Philadelphia, August 8, 1836 | | Date Published: | 1836 | | Notes: | An address given in response to a resolution before the Moral Reform Society on the benefits of education for freed slaves. |
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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: | 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: | Roper, Moses | | Newspaper: | Patriot | | Title: | American Slavery | | Date Published: | 1836-06-01 | | Notes: | Anecdotal speech delivered at Reverend T. Price's Chapel in England on the cruelities suffered by slaves in America. He addresses the issues of education, the assistance provided by the Quakers, and the "good" vs. "bad" treatment slaves receive from slaveholders. |
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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: | Smith, James McCune, 1813-1865 | | Newspaper: | Presscopy -- Mitchell Library -- Glasgow, Scotland | | Title: | Glasgow Emancipation Society, Third Annual Report | | Date Published: | 1837 | | Notes: | Speech given when seconding a motion put forward by the Glasgow Emancipation Society to continue "peaceful agitation and moral interference" until slavery is completely abolished. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Weekly Advocate (1837) | | Date Published: | 1837-01-07 | | Notes: | Editorial describing the benefits of newspapers published by and for African Americans. The writer emphasizes what makes this newspaper different from others. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Sears, Robert | | Newspaper: | Weekly Advocate (1837) | | Date Published: | 1837-01-07 | | Notes: | The writer praised two un-named philanthropists who have worked hard to encourage and enlighten the poor. These two men (along with others) have offered time and money to benefit others. The writer expressed his appreciation for this. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Legion | | Newspaper: | Weekly Advocate (1837) | | Date Published: | 1837-01-07 | | Notes: | Letter to the editor questioning the moral motives of the newspaper. The editor's reply expresses the view that the Weekly Advocate does not encourage vice and immoral actions. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Weekly Advocate (1837) | | Date Published: | 1837-01-07 | | Notes: | The editor expressed the benefits of a newspaper devoted to the education and enlightenment of people of color. He vowed to present a truthful and unbiased approach to the news of the day for his readers. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Sears, Robert | | Newspaper: | Weekly Advocate (1837) | | Date Published: | 1837-01-14 | | Notes: | Robert Sears wished subscribers a Happy New Year. He stressed the progress and failures of the preceding year, and offered hope and encouragement for African Americans in the years to come. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Weekly Advocate (1837) | | Date Published: | 1837-01-14 | | Notes: | Editorial describing the benefits of newspapers published by and for African Americans. The writer emphasizes what makes this newspaper different from others. (See editorial 01671) |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Weekly Advocate (1837) | | Date Published: | 1837-01-14 | | Notes: | The writer expressed his outrage at learning of the sale of slaves in Washington, D.C., the supposedly free and hallowed soil of U.S. government. He warned that free people of color were not safe as long as this practice was tolerated. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Weekly Advocate (1837) | | Date Published: | 1837-01-14 | | Notes: | The editor called for increased subscriptions to the newspaper. He emphasized the benefits of this type of social connection for African Americans in the community. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Weekly Advocate (1837) | | Date Published: | 1837-01-14 | | Notes: | The writer expressed the irony of a system that labeled a person "fee" when he or she is restricted by prejudice and racially based laws. Freedom for African Americans in New York in 1837 is limited and controlled. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Weekly Advocate (1837) | | Date Published: | 1837-01-21 | | Notes: | The writer defended Christians and what he called Christian inquiry. He believed that those who thought that Christians "supersede the exercise of reason" didn't understand how faith works in the social world. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Weekly Advocate (1837) | | Date Published: | 1837-01-21 | | Notes: | The editor replies to a letter written by someone who criticized local newspapers for printing negative articles regarding African Americans. The previous writer had called the newspapers "perverse" and immoral. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Weekly Advocate (1837) | | Date Published: | 1837-01-21 | | Notes: | The editor expressed the benefits of a newspaper devoted to the needs and enlightenment of the African American community. He called for financial investors to help continue the effort to bring knowledge and inspiration to this community. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Weekly Advocate (1837) | | Date Published: | 1837-01-21 | | Notes: | The editor expressed the benefits and value of a newspaper owned by African Americans and dedicated to the support and education of the African American community. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Weekly Advocate (1837) | | Date Published: | 1837-01-21 | | Notes: | The editor defended the African American population of New York against an editorial from another source expressing the view that "hundreds, yes thousands..." of black Americans were preying on the white population. The article had been published warning the people of New York that "The city is beset by bands of bold marauding blacks, who stop at no atrocity, to carry out their fell purpose of plunder and robbery." |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Weekly Advocate (1837) | | Date Published: | 1837-01-21 | | Notes: | The writer called for universal emancipation. He emphasized the moral and political injustices of the system of slavery in the U.S. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Weekly Advocate (1837) | | Date Published: | 1837-01-21 | | Notes: | The writer pointed out that it is unjust to assume that because there are poor free black people that all free black people are doomed by the fact of their race to a life of poverty, ignorance and "natural inferiority." |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Weekly Advocate (1837) | | Date Published: | 1837-01-21 | | Notes: | The writer discussed new legislation in Congress that suggested that any "petition, memorials, resolutions, propositions, or papers relating to slavery or the abolition of slavery" be left un-addressed, unread, and unacknowledged. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Weekly Advocate (1837) | | Date Published: | 1837-01-21 | | Notes: | The editor appealed to subscribers for financial backing to continue the newspaper publication. He emphasized the benefits of the newspaper to the African American community. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Johnson, Mr., fl. 1837 | | Newspaper: | Presscopy -- Boston Public Library -- Anti-Slavery Pamphlets -- 5th Annual Report, 1837 | | Title: | Proceedings of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, pp. xxvi - xxviii | | Date Published: | 1837-01-26 | | Notes: | First hand account of one man's experience with slavery. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Weekly Advocate (1837) | | Date Published: | 1837-01-28 | | Notes: | Poetic essay stressing temperance and a mindful focus on physical, mental, and spiritual health. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Sears, Robert | | Newspaper: | Weekly Advocate (1837) | | Date Published: | 1837-01-28 | | Notes: | The writer emphasized the "absurdity" of a country based on the ideas of freedom, yet continuing to maintain a system of slavery. He said, "Intelligence without virtue is no security," and suggested a stronger moral conscience for the country. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Weekly Advocate (1837) | | Date Published: | 1837-01-28 | | Notes: | Editorial comment on the idea of "Quarter Day" that calls for certain portions of the population of New York to move from their rented dwellings every twelve months. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Weekly Advocate (1837) | | Date Published: | 1837-01-28 | | Notes: | Editorial response to ministers who suggest that abolition meetings shouldn't be held in churches. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Sears, Robert | | Newspaper: | Weekly Advocate (1837) | | Date Published: | 1837-01-28 | | Notes: | The writer praised Philip A. Bell not only for his intellect, but for his "industry." The writer believed that all men of knowledge possessed a drive towards using their knowledge and attaining success through intellectual prowess. This drive and intellect could be beneficial in aiding a downtrodden race. The writer encouraged education and industry. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Weekly Advocate (1837) | | Date Published: | 1837-01-28 | | Notes: | The writer warned his readers to pay attention to the negative influence that other newspapers offer. He stressed that the Weekly Advocate offered a true picture of the current social situation to its subscribers. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Weekly Advocate (1837) | | Date Published: | 1837-02-04 | | Notes: | The editorial offers a quote from another newspaper that basically defines the mission statement of the Weekly Advocate. The writer expressed his appreciation for the welcome and support the Weekly Advocate received from other newspapers in the area. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Weekly Advocate (1837) | | Date Published: | 1837-02-04 | | Notes: | The writer emphasizes the irony of church services that stress Christian morality while encouraging un-Christian behavior, including selling pamphlets at church services and offering the use of the church for social events. |
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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: | editor | | Newspaper: | Weekly Advocate (1837) | | Date Published: | 1837-02-11 | | Notes: | The writer stressed the irony of a social prejudice against African Americans based on the belief that they are poor and ignorant when they are descendents of a race of enslaved people who have never been afforded the opportunities of their white fellow men and women. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Bell, Philip A. | | Newspaper: | Weekly Advocate (1837) | | Date Published: | 1837-02-18 | | Notes: | The editor responds to a letter of praise from William S. Jennings. Mr. Jennings complimented the newspaper and its work towards providing information and knowledge to African Americans. He also contributed to these efforts by finding new subscribers for the newspaper. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Sears, Robert | | Newspaper: | Weekly Advocate (1837) | | Date Published: | 1837-02-18 | | Notes: | The writer offered an account of the Weekly Advocate's current status in terms of subscribers and its future potential as a beneficial source of information for African Americans. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Sears, Robert | | Newspaper: | Weekly Advocate (1837) | | Date Published: | 1837-02-18 | | Notes: | Nostalgic expression of aging in America during the current times. The writer reflects on lost youth and the potential for wisdom in old age. He emphasizes the responsibilites that are available in a life lived in the present. The actions taken now by each person, may affect forever the future of society. "Herein lies the secret to true happiness..." |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Weekly Advocate (1837) | | Date Published: | 1837-02-18 | | Notes: | The editor stresses the rise in the cost of everything except the Weekly Advocate. He implies that the newspaper's cost may rise too without an increase in subscriptions. |
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| Speaker or Author: | W. | | Newspaper: | Weekly Advocate (1837) | | Date Published: | 1837-02-18 | | Notes: | Overview of a meeting of the Phoenixonian Society including a critique of the presentations of several speakers. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Sears, Robert | | Newspaper: | Weekly Advocate (1837) | | Date Published: | 1837-02-25 | | Notes: | The writer expresses his belief that knowledge is power, but not without an emphasis on religion. The responsibility in gaining great knowledge is a moral one. He encourages his readers to seek religious knowledge and use it wisely to inspire positive change in the world. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Weekly Advocate (1837) | | Date Published: | 1837-02-25 | | Notes: | An account of the experiences of two recently captured fugitive slaves who wait in prison in New York. A visiting minister spoke with them and recounted their stories to the press. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Weekly Advocate (1837) | | Date Published: | 1837-02-25 | | Notes: | The writer expresses his belief in the evils of drinking alcohol, and warns his readers of the potential harm that drunkenness can cause. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-03-04 | | Notes: | The editor offers an explanation for the name selected for this newspaper. He emphasizes that although the term "American" was one that most white Americans wished to deny the black inhabitants of this country, it applied more to them than to a lot of the white citizens in terms of generational ties to this country. The term "Colored" calls caste into question and gives attention to the social issues regarding race and prejudice that the paper addresses. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-03-04 | | Notes: | The editor stresses that education is not about learning the classics but about gaining practical knowledge for contributing to society. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-03-04 | | Notes: | The editor offers advise for the way African Americans should conduct themselves as free people of color in the free states. He suggests presenting an image of morality and industry to the rest of the population. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-03-04 | | Notes: | The writer offers ways in which African Americans can get involved in the work towards abolition of slavery. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-03-04 | | Notes: | The writer lists the benefits of having a newspaper published by and for African Americans. These benefits include not only a way of passing along information, but of expressing to the entire country the abilities, potentials, and plight of an entire race. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-03-11 | | Notes: | The writer notes the irony of the prejudice evident among white Christian ministers towards the black members of their congregations. This prejudice encourages a pronounced separation between white and black churches. This type of prejudice influences the delay in the abolition of slavery and subtly encouraged its continuation. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-03-11 | | Notes: | The editor explains a petition that was sent to the New York state government requesting an end to limited civil rights for free African Americans. The petition included a request for trial by jury, a repeal of the law authorizing slavery, and a restoration of voting rights. He notes that before 1821, free black men were allowed to vote and that this freedom has now been taken from them without just cause. |
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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: | 1837-03-18 | | Notes: | The writer expresses the goals and objectives of the newspaper, and his pledge to achieve these. He asks readers for support and financial help in this mission. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-03-18 | | Notes: | The writer calls upon all African Americans to "honor the Sabbath and keep it holy." He stresses conduct such as not using profanity, and honoring God, with an emphasis on morality as well as church attendance. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-03-18 | | Notes: | The writer stresses spending free time on improving morally and intellectually by attending lectures, studying, and avoiding immoral activities. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Ray, Charles B. (Charles Bennett), 1807-1886 | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-03-18 | | Notes: | The writer notes that the education women receive stresses "manners and grace," with a "smattering" of science. The education women receive is impractical and even though it seeks to prepare them for marriage, it doesn't offer them a way of doing so in any practical sense. He suggests that women be taught household management and other domestic skills to enhance their future well-being whether married or not. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-03-25 | | Notes: | Brief commentary on the part the Church is playing in the continuation of slavery. Through sermons and implied approval of the system, the Church has had a powerful influence on the social acceptance of slavery. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-03-25 | | Notes: | The editor appeals to his readers for financial support to keep the newspaper in publication. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-03-25 | | Notes: | The writer calls for an end to slavery throughout the U.S. He advises those African Americans who live in states without slavery to present a religious life of morality and "industry" in order to promote emancipation and gain support for the cause. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-04-01 | | Notes: | The editor responds to a man who doubted the value of Christianity. The writer stresses that a faith filled life is the only true path to salvation. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-04-01 | | Notes: | The writer stresses that the Church is encouraging the continuation of slavery by its implied approval of the system. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-04-08 | | Notes: | The writer expresses his disagreement with the thoughts of his white friends that black Americans should be taught to be content with their lot in life. He believes that in order to earn the respect of others, black Americans should respect themselves first. This self respect does not include settling for less than a moral, virtuous, and industrious life. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Ray, Charles B. (Charles Bennett), 1807-1886 | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-04-08 | | Notes: | The writer emphasizes the hope and expectation for universal emancipation, civil rights, and acceptance that African Americans desire. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-04-15 | | Notes: | The writer expresses his dismay at the goals of the British and American churches to convert the world to Christianity when in their own countries they condone un-Christian behavior. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-04-15 | | Notes: | The writer expresses his disagreement with the advice he's received from well-meaning white men saying that it might be best for black Americans to leave the country. The suggestion for black Americans to return to Africa is not only unsympathic, but unenlightened. Just because their ancestry had originated in Africa didn't mean they belonged there. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-04-15 | | Notes: | The writer apologizes for the crowd of protestors who gathered around and near the trial of fugitive slaves held earlier that week. He admonishes the protestors and askes them to cease such actions. But he also offers his contempt for the men who would hunt and capture those who they call "fugitives." |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-04-15 | | Notes: | The writer encourages African Americans to pursue farming and other agricultural employment to offer a positive contribution to society. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-04-15 | | Notes: | The writer offers an anecdote of his recent experience with prejudice in the Church. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-04-22 | | Notes: | The writer cautions his readers to be aware of how society perceives them and to always present a moral, responsible, and industrious appearance. He urges them to not present any reason for negative judgment from others. |
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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: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-04-22 | | Notes: | The writer gives an account of the experience of a black American minister who was refused passage from Europe to the U.S. on an American ship. He was forced to travel to his home country aboard a British ship. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-04-22 | | Notes: | The editor shares a letter printed in the Herald of Freedom newspaper recounting one man's experience with prejudice as he tried to get his children enrolled in college. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-04-29 | | Notes: | The editor comments on an editorial previously printed regarding a plea for funding to establish a "Colored Orphanage." While he believes this is motivated by good people seeking to help orphaned black children, he wondered why a separate institution must be established to divide children by race. There are many already established orphanages that would be suitable if it weren't for an underlying racial prejudice in this plan. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-04-29 | | Notes: | The editor comments on an editorial that appeared in another newspaper regarding the obligation Americans owe to Africa. The writer expresses his own interpretation of this idea. He suggests that the first step to helping Africa is to stop the national perception of separation that prejudice against the continent and its people creates. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-04-29 | | Notes: | The editor praises the New York American newspaper for adding at the end of a report regarding an attempted rescue of a fugitive slave, that not all African Americans condone breaking the law in this manner. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-04-29 | | Notes: | The writer expresses his belief that as long as the northern states condone by silent acceptance the actions of those who kidnap free African Americans as "fugitive slaves," there will be disorder and chaos in free state communities. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-04-29 | | Notes: | The writer admonishes African Americans who indulge in immoral behavior such as drinking, smoking, and avoiding church on Sundays. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-04-29 | | Notes: | The editor announces that Dartmouth College has accepted an Arican American student. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-05-06 | | Notes: | The writer announces the anniversary celebration of the American Anti-Slavery Society. This organization holds an important place in a country whose government and Churches are swayed by prejudice, a system based on slaveholding, and continued corruption. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-05-06 | | Notes: | The writer stresses that in order for African Americans to be accepted as vital and useful members of society, they must present an industrious, moral, and educated image to the community. This involves shaking off old habits, and adopting new goals toward improvement both mentally and physically. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Bell, Philip A. | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-05-06 | | Notes: | The writer offers a humble request for aid and financial support from friends among the people in Pennsylvania. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-05-06 | | Notes: | The writer stresses the social conscience that the abolitionist movement has created in the country. The work of abolitionists calls attention to the moral, spiritual and ethical wrongs of slavery. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-05-06 | | Notes: | The writer expresses his dismay at the irony displayed in a country whose people focus on keeping the "Union" strong when there are those within its northern states who live in fear of those in the south. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-05-06 | | Notes: | The writer expresses his view that the Church by its silent acceptance of slavery is sending a message of implied approval to its congregations. The power of the Church provided through this implied approval is a way for society to morally justify the continuation of slavery. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-05-13 | | Notes: | The writer expresses his views regarding the negative impact that southern slavery has on the economics of the northern states. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-05-13 | | Notes: | Overview of a celebration held on the anniversary of the Colonization Society. Several ministers spoke and admitted to silent compliance with the system of slavery in their sermons. The idea was to encourage African Americans to agree with colonization based on the notion that because of the Church's "admittedly evil pact with Satan" in promoting slavery, there was no chance for freed people of color to advance out of their current social situation in the U.S. The only hope expressed by these ministers was for African Americans to agree with the tenets of the Colonization Society and move to Africa. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Title: | Freedom's Journal (June 8, 1827) | | Date Published: | 1837-05-13 | | Notes: | The editor includes an excerpt from an 1827 issue of the Freedom's Journal to prove that the majority of African Americans have never agreed with the idea of colonization. Colonization presented some grand ideas and goals, but the decesdants of slaves born in the U.S. have only considered the U.S. their home. The majority of African Americans are committed to the belief that equality and racial harmony are reasonable and achievable goals in this country. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-05-20 | | Notes: | The writer recommends that the subject of temperance be included in upcoming conventions held by the Methodist Church. He went on to express his beliefs in the benefits of a life devoted to the abstinance of alcoholic drinks. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-05-20 | | Notes: | The writer expresses his view that a commitment to temperance and punctual attendance at meetings devoted to this cause promotes the idea that African Americans are industrious, pious and moral people. He believes that presenting a moral and industrious image helps to counter the stereotyping that prejudice promotes. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-05-27 | | Notes: | Despite its good intentions, the writer believes that the American Colonization movement is a politically motivated ploy to remove people of color from the U.S., and thus solve the moral problem of slavery. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-05-27 | | Notes: | The writer expresses his appreciation for the work, sacrifice, and dedication of all abolitionists. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Sears, Robert | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-05-27 | | Notes: | The writer shares a conversation he had with an advocate of colonization who justified his belief that colonization was the only solution to the "problem" of slavery. The Colonizationist believed the Abolitionists were disturbing the "happy union" with their efforts, and that colonization posed to the only hope for the peace and happiness of all concerned. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-05-27 | | Notes: | The writer expresses his belief that there are two major sins in the Church: an emphasis on ostentatious houses of worship, and a continued overt prejudice against people of color. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Sears, Robert | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-05-27 | | Notes: | Brief anecdote designed to persuade the reader to refrain from drinking alcohol. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-06-10 | | Notes: | The writer comments on the prejudice so prevelent in public transportation. The emphasis in the country is on the luxury of travel, yet this one simple pleasure is denied to African Americans who must deal with the cruelties of a prejudicial system. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-06-10 | | Notes: | Editorial statement of the intent, motivation, and goals of the newspaper to report in a truthful, moral, and responsible manner information geared towards African American readers. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-06-10 | | Notes: | The writer urges his readers to exercise patience, perseverance, and a Christian response to the atmosphere of prejudice they now find themselves in. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-06-10 | | Notes: | The editor comments on a story published in the Times about an African American man who was refused a seat on a public bus. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-06-17 | | Notes: | The writer expresses his belief that an upcoming convention in Pennsylvania to discuss an amendment to that state's constitution concerns disenfranchising the state's African American population. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-06-17 | | Notes: | The writer expresses his view that the desire for money is clouding the reason of society and causing unwise choices. He urges a focus on independence, industry, and frugality to counteract what he sees as a struggling economic environment based on greed. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-06-17 | | Notes: | The writer relates an instance of prejudice against color within the Presbyterian Church and among its members. The Church, by its silence in such situations, subtly endorses the continuation of prejudice and the system of slavery. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-06-24 | | Notes: | The writer suggests that the free people of color can help the slaves by concentrating on improving their own lives through education, industry, and economy. He believes that fighting prejudice involves presenting an intelligent, hard-working social presence. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-06-24 | | Notes: | The writer expresses his views on public school funding and the importance of education for African Americans. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-07-01 | | Notes: | The writer believes that the only solution to the problem of corruption and monopoly in the current banking system is to form a national or government regulated bank. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-07-01 | | Notes: | The writer relates the plight of the Phoenix School, which is about to close due to lack of funding. He tells his readers, however, that money has been left for the benefit of this school through the Will of a philanthropist. This money is now sitting in a bank and not being used as it was intended. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-07-08 | | Notes: | The writer comments on an article published in the New York Observer expressing the idea that prejudice against African Americans is not based on the color of their skin but on the condition of their lives. The Observer's article said that society has forgotten the original reason for prejudice and now sees it as simply an issue of color. In order to overcome prejudice, the Observer suggests, African Americans must work to improve the condition of their lives. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-07-08 | | Notes: | The writer expresses his dismay at the irony of a country founded on freedom that continues to hold millions of slaves. Continuing the system of slavery in this country is a sin against God and humankind. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Wright, Theodore S. (Theodore Sedgwick), 1797-1847 | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Title: | Prejudice Against the Colored Man | | Date Published: | 1837-07-08 | | Notes: | Speech regarding the negative effects of prejudice on people of all races in terms of self-esteem issues, and educational and moral advancement. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Sears, Robert | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-07-08 | | Notes: | The writer stresses the importance of education. The pursuit of knowledge is not only economically beneficial, but also pleasurable. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-07-15 | | Notes: | The writer urges his readers to attend church on Sundays. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-07-15 | | Notes: | The writer expresses his belief that in order to overcome prejudice, African Americans must focus on "elevation" and "improvement" intellectually and morally. The focus must be on education, economy, temperance, and on living a moral life. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-07-15 | | Notes: | The writer offers advice for those interested in purchasing real estate. He advises African Americans to become farmers and not invest in city property. However, he does recommend buying land as soon as the individual is able and he gives advice on what to look for if the purchase must be a city lot. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-07-15 | | Notes: | The writer reminds his readers of the importance of the right of suffrage for all Americans. He urges all African Americans to petition the government regarding suffrage legislation and voting rights. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-07-22 | | Notes: | The writer calls for the repeal of laws restricting African Americans. He emphasizes that people from other countries can settle in the U.S. and be awarded full citizenship rights that are still denied to African Americans. This situation must change, and he calls upon his readers to take action now to help make this change possible. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-07-22 | | Notes: | As promised in a previous issue, the writer continues his advice to African Americans regarding purchasing real estate. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-07-22 | | Notes: | The writer calls for an appeal of the oppressive laws that restrict the African American people of Ohio. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-07-29 | | Notes: | The writer urges his readers to join the Moral Reform Society. He believes that the best way to gain social acceptance is for African Americans to present a moral, industrious, and intelligent manner to the general public. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-07-29 | | Notes: | The writer reminds his readers that the celebration that takes place on the first of August marks a rememberance of the emancipation of the British West Indies in 1834. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-07-29 | | Notes: | The writer reports on the outcome of the Pennsylvania Convention, focusing mainly on the decisions regarding suffrage and constitutional amendments. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-07-29 | | Notes: | The writer responds to an article from another newspaper mentioning that no matter how rich or how well educated African Americans may become that they will never "...elevate ... to the level of the whites, in the United States." |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-08-05 | | Notes: | The writer continues his advice to African Americans regarding the purchase of real estate that he began in an earlier issue of the newspaper. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-08-05 | | Notes: | The writer explains the events surrounding the celebration of the anniversary of the emancipation of the British West Indies that is celebrated on August 1st. The celebration this year included signing petitions to bring about the immediate emancipation of Washington, DC. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-08-12 | | Notes: | The writer expresses his belief that by paying African Americans half the amount that a white worker is paid, those who provide these jobs in an effort to help are doing more harm than good. The writer urges employers to provide equal pay for equal work regardless of race. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-08-12 | | Notes: | In an effort to help, the friends of free African Americans are pushing them through an inadequate education and sending them into a prejudiced society unprepared for the challenges that await them there. By assuming that African Americans are not capable of more than this, those who are acting on their behalf, are doing more harm than good, even though their intentions are well meaning. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-08-19 | | Notes: | The writer relates a story of being refused a cup of tea at a temperance house. The proprietor of the house said that he didn't want to upset his customers and so he refused to serve the editor of this paper. The writer expresses his opinion of this refusal and included a letter from Thomas Van Rensselaer expressing a similar point of view. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-08-19 | | Notes: | In order to protest the requirement that African Americans occupy a segregated section of the Broadway Tabernacle, the writer asks them to boycott this church until changes ae made. He also suggests that groups of 25 African Americans spread out over several white churches if they feel they must attend instead of all going to one particular church. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-08-26 | | Notes: | The writer expresses his disappointment in the proceedings of the Moral Reform Society's convention. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-08-26 | | Notes: | The writer gives a brief overview of a convention he attended in Philadelphia. He shares some of the highlights of the speeches he heard there. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-08-26 | | Notes: | The writer relates an experience from his attendence at the Moral Reform Society convention concerning a discussion on the term "Colored" used as reference to African Americans. A Quaker woman stood and told her audience to emphasis the virtue and morality in their lives and prejudice against race will disappear. She reminded them that "it is virtue that exalts a nation, and merit which makes the man." |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-09-02 | | Notes: | The writer encourages his readers to pay the bills they owe to their fellow African Americans, including doctors, teachers, and ministers. He notes that these bills are usually paid last while those owed to white establishments get paid first. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-09-02 | | Notes: | The writer expresses his opposition to the proposed annexation of Texas that will be decided at an upcoming session in Congress. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-09-09 | | Notes: | The writer traces the changes in racial prejudice over the previous ten years, and denies the popular belief that prejudice has increased due to the efforts of abolitionists. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Smith, James McCune, 1813-1865 | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Title: | Farewell Dinner to Dr. James M'Cune Smith, A. M. | | Date Published: | 1837-09-09 | | Notes: | Farewell address given by James McCune Smith before an assembly at the university in Glasgow after receiving his degree and before returning to the U.S. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-09-09 | | Notes: | The editor acknowledges all the letters of protest the newspaper has received regarding his comments on the Moral Reform Convention. Although he understands that a lot of readers disagree with his point of view, he assures them that none of their letters will be published. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-09-09 | | Notes: | The editor replies to a response he received from William Whipper regarding a previous editorial denouncing the Moral Reform Society and the statements made at its recent convention. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-09-09 | | Notes: | The editorial offers a brief welcome to Dr. James McCune Smith upon his return to the U.S. from Scotland. The writer gives a short account of Dr. Smith's recent accomplishments. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-09-09 | | Notes: | The writer urges his readers to work hard to prove themselves worthy of the civil rights they are being denied. He believes that if all African Americans made it their goal to work "doubly" as hard as their white neighbors they would achieve social acceptance. |
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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: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-09-16 | | Notes: | The writer calls attention to the fact that while New York is a free state, African Americans are denied certain rights, among them the right to obtain a license to operate public transportation vehicles. He calls for reason and change to an oppressive system. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-09-16 | | Notes: | The editor calls upon his readers to help increase the number of subscriptions to the newspaper. He stresses the importance of the newspaper's existence and the need for financial backing that new subscriptions would provide. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-09-16 | | Notes: | The writer stresses the benefits of education. While it is difficult for African Americans to obtain a quality education through the usual means, entering the ministry offers a way that they may not have had otherwise. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-09-23 | | Notes: | The writer gives a brief overview of and commentary on a speech regarding phrenology delivered by James McCune Smith. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-09-23 | | Notes: | The writer expresses his view that the first step African Americans can take toward improving their lives and elevating their social situation is to gain self-respect, and teach their children that they are worthy of a place in the community. As African Americans are taught that they are of a lower caste and not as good as the white members of society, they come to believe this and this belief works against them as they try to create better lives. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-09-23 | | Notes: | The editorial addresses the current debate regarding suffrage for African Americans. The writer shares information regarding efforts being made toward this goal by Phillip A. Bell and Charges Ray, and urges his readers to help by petitioning the government. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-09-30 | | Notes: | The writer stresses that good moral habits begin at home. If parents are moral, industrious, and place a strong emphasis on improvement and elevation, their children will adopt similar habits. Strong moral, spiritual, and industrious habits offer a way of being perceived by the community in a positive light, and do much to deter social prejudice. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-09-30 | | Notes: | The writer stresses that the abolition of slavery carries with it nothing more than the restoration of human freedom from bondage. The civil rights afforded to citizens of this country are separate issues and must be addressed one at a time. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-09-30 | | Notes: | The writer stresses the importance of education, not only for children but for adults who grew up without this opportunity. Whether this education is gained from "Sabbath School," "Phoenix School," or a number of public schools set aside for African Americans, he urges them to take advantage of any means to gain education. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-10-07 | | Notes: | The writer expresses his view that a virtuous life is its own reward. He disagrees with those who say that African Americans have no incentive to live a virtuous life, and he encourages his readers to prove these people wrong. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-10-07 | | Notes: | The writer attempts to calm the controvery taking place among abolitionist factions in New England. Instead of working together, there is in-fighting and disagreement among the abolitionists there. He urges them to see reason and continue together towards their noble goal. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Cornish, Samuel E. (Samuel Eli), 1795?-1858 | | Date Published: | 1837-10-07 | | Notes: | Samuel E. Cornish asks his readers to please donate money in order to keep the Colored American in publication. He stresses the benefits of continuing this newspaper and the fact that it is in dire need of funding at this time. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-10-07 | | Notes: | The writer counters the implied condoning of prejudice in the Church by emphasizing the ways in which it goes against the teachings of Christianity. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Cole, Thomas, fl. 1837-1838 | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | An Address Delivered by Thomas Cole, of Boston, before the N. England Colored Temperance Convention, held in Boston, Sept. 1837 | | Date Published: | 1837-10-13 | | Notes: | The speaker asked his audience to avoid "intoxicating drink" and emphasized his belief that intemperance would lead to "...indolence, poverty and ruin..." He didn't believe that intemperance was a tendency in the black race, but that it might bring down what they had fought so hard to secure. He emphasized piety and temperance in order to set an "example" of respectability, virtue and health to others. |
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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: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-10-14 | | Notes: | The editor responds to a negative article about him that was published in the Liberator newspaper. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-10-21 | | Notes: | The writer expresses his disdain for idleness and "laziness," and encourages every reader to emphasize usefulness and the virtue of honest labor in their lives. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-10-21 | | Notes: | The writer encourages his readers to attend a fair that is being presented in an effort to raise funds for a local church. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Smith, James McCune, 1813-1865 | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Title: | Reception of Dr. Smith, By the Colored Citizens of New York | | Date Published: | 1837-10-28 | | Notes: | Response to welcome home address given to James McCune Smith on his return from Scotland where he earned his degree at the university in Glasgow. The benefits of education were emphasized. |
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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: | Wake, Ransom F. | | 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 Smith's accomplishments and the importance of education. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Sears, Robert | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-10-28 | | Notes: | The writer notices that young people are attending plays at a local theater. He consideres this an unhealthy practice and quotes several Greek philosophers who agreed with his point of view. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-10-28 | | Notes: | The writer offers a description and commentary on the Colored Orphan Asylum. He asks his readers to participate in its success by offering their time, money, and donations of food and clothing. |
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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: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-11-04 | | Notes: | The writer encourages his readers to take up agriculture. He believes that owning land, tilling the soil, and producing crops is a noble and honorable endeavor. By choosing professions in mechanics and farming, African Americans can become a vital part of the foundation of the country. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-11-04 | | Notes: | The writer expresses his view that even the white Americans who are motivated to help African Americans and approaching this endeavor with the purest of intentions believe that the African American is inferior and incapable of helping him/herself. These ideas work against self-esteem and a basic acceptance that all races are human beings and share a common Creator. |
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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: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-11-04 | | Notes: | The writer expresses his view that prejudice in the U.S. is difficult to comprehend and presents itself in varied forms. Skin color alone does not necessarily evoke prejudice. It seems U.S. citizens are more prejudice towards African Americans than towards people of color from other countries. He offers two anecdotes to demonstrate his point. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-11-04 | | Notes: | The writer asks his readers to please contribute money to help fund the work of abolitionists who continue to fight against slavery. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-11-04 | | Notes: | The writer reports on his experience while attending the anniversary of the Philomethian Society. The Philomethian Society members are young, talented African American youth interested in education and making positive contributions to society. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-11-11 | | Notes: | The writer reminds his readers of the importance of the Biblical quote, "remember the Sabbath and keep it holy." When there is a religious focus in one's life, there's no room for vice and sin. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-11-11 | | Notes: | The writer stresses the importance and benefits of education. He places emphasis on quality, parental involvement, and the need for competent teachers. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-11-11 | | Notes: | Although the Colored American newspaper is now out of debt, the editor will be traveling to Philadelphia to speak on its behalf and encourage further investment in order to sustain it. Donations are always appreciated and put to good use. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-11-11 | | Notes: | The writer cautions against the evils and dire consequences of gambling. He urges his readers to refrain from any form of gambling and ensure that their children do the same. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-11-18 | | Notes: | The writer urges his readers to remain calm after the Whig political victory. The upset of the Republican party will not necessarily result in dire consequences for African Americans in the state of New York. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-11-18 | | Notes: | The writer expresses his concerns regarding the recent Whig victory. His worries are regarding the African American population of his state and are based in past experience with legislation that has been detrimental to the race. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-11-18 | | Notes: | The writer responds to articles he's read in other journals expressing that there is currently a return to old style religion in the U.S. He emphasizes that as long as churches participate in slave-holding, justify slavery from the pulpit, and continue to pray for the slave as if he/she is less than human, true religion is not to be found in U.S. churches. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Ray, Charles B. (Charles Bennett), 1807-1886 | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-11-18 | | Notes: | The writer notes that most African Americans are immigrating to Canada to find relief from prejudice and unemployment. He urges them instead to immigrate to Wisconsin, which is currently being settled. Land there is inexpensive, the territory is beautiful, and people live together harmoniously. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-11-25 | | Notes: | The editor reports details regarding the death of a newspaper owner in Alton, Illinois who was murdred by a mob set on destroying his printing press. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-11-25 | | Notes: | The editor urges his readers to give to the poor and destitute families who face the oncoming hardships of the winter months. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-11-25 | | Notes: | The editor expresses disappointment in a recent subscription drive. He urges his readers to help increase circulation by promoting the newspaper and helping them add subscribers. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Sears, Robert | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-11-25 | | Notes: | The writer relates a story of a black British sailor who is arrested in Washington, DC on suspicion that he is a fugitive slave. The law required that a white man step forward to validate his claim that he is a free man or the sailor would be sold into slavery to pay the expense of his arrest. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873 | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Title: | Rhode Island State Anti-Slavery Society | | Date Published: | 1837-11-25 | | Notes: | Speech delivered before the Rhode Island State Anti-Slavery Society in response to a resolution regarding the help of abolitionists in finding employment for freed slaves. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-12-02 | | Notes: | The writer encourages his readers to seek a “classical” education, which emphasizes literature, languages and science. Currently schools are adjusting their curriculum to omit subjects that are deemed unnecessary to employment. The concentration is changing to offer more of an emphasis on mechanics than on intellectual pursuits. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Sears, Robert | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-12-02 | | Notes: | The writer hopes that the recent murder of a newspaper owner in Illinois will cause the Church to change its position and begin to preach against slavery. By its silence (and even its own slave ownership in some cases), the Church conveyes a message of acceptance of slavery to its congregations. The writer emphasizes the power of the Church to sway public opinion and he hopes this event will stir ministers to action that will put an end to slavery and prejudice. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Cornish, Samuel E. (Samuel Eli), 1795?-1858 | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-12-02 | | Notes: | The writer reports on African American libraries, schools, and churches he visited while in Philadelphia. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-12-16 | | Notes: | The writer reminds his readers of the importance of suffrage for all Americans. He expresses his view that "without the right of suffrage, we are, and must remain, a nonentity in the State and National governments...." He urges his readers to petition the government for the rught of suffrage for free African Americans. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-12-16 | | Notes: | The editor offers the newspaper's stance on the question of the abolition of slavery. He believes that in this matter God will make the choice ("Thy Will be done"), and the newspaper will not offer a firm stance against slavery. At the same time, he trusts that God is against this system of human bondage. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-12-16 | | Notes: | The writer notes that while the intentions of white abolitionists are honorable and sincere, they often carry with them the "low" prejudice of feeling superior to the oppressed people they are helping. This furthers the separation of the races and continues to delay the achievement of true social equality. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-12-16 | | Notes: | The editor responds to a letter expressing fear that the African American people of Pennsylvania will be disenfranchised and banished from the state due to recent changes in the state's constitution. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-12-16 | | Notes: | The writer provides a positive commentary on the Oneida Institute both for its educational program and its excellent faculty. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-12-16 | | Notes: | The writer reports on his recent visit to a local Methodist Church. While he enjoyed the sermon and the decor of the church itself, the question of slavery still remains a sensitive issue to Methodist dogma. The preacher believed it best to say as little as possible about what he believed to be a "semi-political" issue. Yet by his silence on the issue, he allowed for an implied condoning of it by the Church. Although the preacher felt lack of action by the Church carried little weight, this effectively aided in continuing the system since no one was encouraged to oppose it. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-12-16 | | Notes: | The writer cautions his readers to keep a watchful eye on the rebellious nature of Canadians who may interfer with the U.S. government. He warns that there are rebels in Canada, as well as in the territory of Texas who will seek to unsettle the Union. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Cornish, Samuel E. | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-12-16 | | Notes: | The editor asks his readers to help compensate him for his work at the newspaper. He asks that each subscriber send at least $5 each to help supplement his salary. He explains that as it is now, his salary is nowhere near what other editors are paid. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Wright, Theodore S. (Theodore Sedgwick), 1797-1847 | | Newspaper: | Emancipator | | Title: | Extract from Mr. Wright's Discourse | | Date Published: | 1837-12-28 | | Notes: | Speech given during the dedication of the First Free Church of Schenectady celebrating the establishment of a place of worship and a small basement school for free people of color in that city. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-12-30 | | Notes: | When Mr. William Turpin died, he left a large sum with instructions that it be used for the "education and benefit of the colored people." This money was turned over to the Female Asylum for Colored Orphans. The writer believes this is a "mal-appropriation" of the funds and fears that the money will not be used as intended, even though he believes this is a worthy institution. |
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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: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-12-30 | | Notes: | As Canada experiences revolution, the editor asks for a neutral stance and non-involvement by the U.S. in their difficulties. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Smith, James McCune, 1813-1865 | | Newspaper: | Presscopy -- Fifth Annual Report of the Executive Committee of the American Anti-Slavery Society, pp. 24-30 | | Date Published: | 1838 | | Notes: | Speech in response to a resolution put forward for the American Anti-Slavery Society to support similar societies in Britain and France in their efforts to abolish slavery. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-01-13 | | Notes: | On the anniversary of the newspaper's existence, the editor looks back on the accomplishments of its past and the hopes for its future. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-01-13 | | Notes: | The writer encourages his readers to attend a series of lectures offered by the Philomathean Society. Attending lectures such as these help stimulate youthful minds and keep idle youth away from the theaters. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-01-13 | | Notes: | The editor informs his readers that the newspaper ownership has passed into the hands of a committee from a former sole proprietorship. He believes this action will be a positive benefit to maintaining the newspaper and its future survival. He asks for continued support from his readers. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-01-13 | | Notes: | The editor recounts the story of a couple who were convicted of kidnapping and sent to prison for attempting to rescue an African American child from slavery. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-01-13 | | Notes: | The editor praises the Liberator newspaper and encouarges his readers to support this paper. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-01-20 | | Notes: | The writer encourages his readers to take advantage of lectures and other opportunities to improve their minds and the condition of their lives. Work in this direction benefits not only those who pursue it but generations of African Americans to follow. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-01-20 | | Notes: | The writer expresses his belief that while members of the American Colonization Society are honorable and sincere people, the aim of the society is based in prejudice and those who align with its goals are mislead. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-01-20 | | Notes: | The writer assures his readers that God has not forgotten them. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-01-20 | | Notes: | The writer encourages his readers to attend lectures offered at the Philomathean Society. The lectures are educational, inexpensive, and one of the few privileges enjoyed by the African American community. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-01-20 | | Notes: | The writer asks again why the U.S. delays action towards the emancipation of its slaves. In order to make his point, he shares a speech against slavery delivered in 1797 by William Pinkney. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-01-27 | | Notes: | The writer expresses his rejection of the goals and ideals of colonization and the societies formed to promote it. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-01-27 | | Notes: | The writer reports on a petition submitted to local authorities by the African American people of Buffalo, New York, listing their grievances regarding the way they are being treated. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-01-27 | | Notes: | The writer encourages his readers to help each other and the community of African Americans rather than concentrating on selfish gain. By working together for the common good, the African American community is more likely to succeed and the poorest among them more likely to survive. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Smith, James McCune, 1813-1865 | | Newspaper: | Emancipator | | Title: | A Classical Scholar | | Date Published: | 1838-02-01 | | Notes: | Speech emphasizing the importance of education in the social advancement of the people of color. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-02-03 | | Notes: | The writer cautions his readers about the addiction potential and immorality of gambling. He advises parents to warn their children of the dire consequences of getting involved with this type of vice. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-02-03 | | Notes: | The writer stresses the importance of the newspaper and the African American press not only as a way of communicating on important subjects, keeping informed about national events, and educating the community, but as a means of strengthening the social bond among members of an oppressed race. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-02-03 | | Notes: | The writer expresses his views that by its silence on the subjects of slavery and prejudice, the Church implies an acceptance of the system. By not addressing an issue that is in direct opposition to the teachings of Christ, church going people are not persuaded to fight against slavery. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-02-03 | | Notes: | The writer relates a recent event involving the imprisonment of several Seminole Indians. He calls attention to the fact that the Seminole leaders were imprisoned after peace talks failed and in direct violation of the "white flag" agreement that allowed for neutrality in such discussions. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-02-10 | | Notes: | The writer urges his readers to respect themselves first in order to respect others. He notices that well-meaning friends of African Americans often encourage them to return to Africa. By assuming that the African American can do no more for him/herself in this country than become a burden on society, these friends do more harm than good, even though their positive intentions are not in doubt. Without encouragement from society, the African American is left to doubt his/her own worth. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-02-10 | | Notes: | The editor announces that the newspaper is considering establishing a reading room for the community. This space would provide a common place for learning, encourage intellectual support, and discourage idleness and vice. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-02-10 | | Notes: | The writer responds to an article in the Evening Star regarding an African American woman who was pursued by rioters after she was acquitted on a charge of kidnapping. The Evening Star writer presented the story in crass sarcasm and the Colored American editor found this offensive. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-02-17 | | Notes: | The writer reminds his northern readers of those who still suffer in the system of slavery in the southern states. He includes excerpts from other newspapers reporting cruelty and despair suffered by those who remain enslaved. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-02-17 | | Notes: | The writer urges his readers to purchase land and take up farming. He emphasizes the benefits of this type of investment in their well being and to their posterity. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-02-17 | | Notes: | The writer encourages his readers to attend church on Sundays. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Cole, Thomas, fl. 1837-1838 | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | Mr. Cole, A Colored Citizen of Boston | | Date Published: | 1838-02-23 | | Notes: | The speaker pointed out that the history of slavery is not about enslaving black people, but about enslaving those considered unable to defend off a "domineering spirit" that often manifests in mankind. He notes that the southern states had entered the union based on a compromise stating that slavery would be temporary. The abolitionist movement had come from Virginia as a response to this. At this point, the system of slavery was firmly in place based on economics, not on race. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-03-03 | | Notes: | The writer warns his readers about the dubious authorship of a new newspaper called "The Colored Man's Journal." It encourages African Americans to embrace Colonization efforts and immigrate to Africa. This, the writer believes, could not be the writing of an African American. He believes this newspaper to be a sham. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-03-03 | | Notes: | The writer urges his readers to exercise their right to vote. He notes that a lot of well-meaning "friends" have encouraged African Americans to stay away from the polls. But, he believes, this works against resolving the issues that are important to all African Americans in the community. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-03-03 | | Notes: | The editor informs his readers of the passing of Mr. Samuel Emlin. He talks about the money Mr. Emlin left in his will to be used towards the education of African American youth. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-03-03 | | Notes: | The writer gave a critique of a recent speech by Thomas S. Sidney on the subject of civil rights. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Paul, Nathaniel, 1792 or 3-1839 | | Newspaper: | Friend of Man | | Title: | Remarks on the 16th resolution, concerning prejudice against color | | Date Published: | 1838-03-14 | | Notes: | Speech given regarding the detrimental effect of prejudice on the abolition of slavery. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-03-15 | | Notes: | The writer emphasizes that the way to earn respect from others is to live a life based on virtue, morality, and self-respect. He advises his readers to take care of their minds, their bodies, and their souls. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-03-15 | | Notes: | The writer praises a recent address delivered to the African American community of Pennsylvania. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Vogelsang, Peter, Lieutenant | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Title: | Mr. Vogelsang's Address | | Date Published: | 1838-03-15 | | Notes: | Speech describing how the United States benefits from the citizenship status of free African Americans. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-03-15 | | Notes: | The writer notes that the prejudice against skin color known in the U.S. has originated here and is uniquely our own. This sort of prejudice cannot be found in other countries. Not only does it originate here, but it is encouraged and condoned here by those in powerful positions, including Church officials and preachers. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-03-15 | | Notes: | The writer scolds the African American members of the national convention in Philadelphia for wasting time debating what they want to be called by the rest of the population and in the process neglecting the more important issues that confront them. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Garnet, Henry Highland, 1815-1882. | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Title: | Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Female Assistant Society, of New York, held in Zion Church, on the 28th February | | Date Published: | 1838-03-15 | | Notes: | Speech praising the assistance, compassion and "charity" women offer in helping to abolish slavery and aiding those in need. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-03-15 | | Notes: | The writer explains to his readers that those opposed to emancipation are often under the assumption that the freed slaves will not be able to care for themselves and will become a burden on society. He includes in this editorial a petition presented before the Ohio legislature from the African American community expressing in logical terms that a focus on education and ending prejudice is the key that will allow for a successful emancipation effort. But limited opportunities and rampant prejudice work against them. They ask only for an opportunity to prove their own worth to society. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-03-15 | | Notes: | The writer gives a brief overview of current conditions in Hayti as descrcibed in a letter received from a traveler to that country. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-03-29 | | Notes: | The writer encouarges his readers to vote with the Whig party. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-03-29 | | Notes: | The writer informs his readers that an appeal has been presented before the Supreme Court denouncing and protesting the actions of the "Reform Convention." He said if this "Reform Convention" has done anything good at all it has exposed the Colonization Society for the sham it really is. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-04-12 | | Notes: | The writer disagrees with the popular view of those promoting Colonization that the African American spirit is "broken" and that there is no chance for them to succeed in the land of their birth. He says that this is just another ploy to get free African Americans to leave their home country. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-04-12 | | Notes: | The editor praises the efforts of the African American community in New York for its help and support in continuing to keep the Colored American newspaper in publication. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-04-19 | | Notes: | The writer urges his readers to be frugal and thrifty and to share what they can with those less fortunate. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-04-19 | | Notes: | The writer stresses the benefits of civil rights. While they live in a racially restricted society, most African Americans in New York are not taking advantage of the civil rights they do have. He also stresses the benefits of farming and owning land. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-04-19 | | Notes: | The writer urges his readers to move to the country and become farmers. He emphasizes the unhealthy atmosphere of city life and the restorative powers of nature. Owning land, tilling the soil, and raising a family in the country are all beneficial for everyone, he believes. |
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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: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-05-03 | | Notes: | The writer reminds his readers of the revolutionary action abolitionists have taken in their continued fight for freedom. Their action isn't always overt, but a constant prodding and continued reminder of the moral wrong done to millions of their fellow human beings who remain in slavery. The abolitionist acts as the conscience of the nation. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-06-02 | | Notes: | The writer expresses his opposition to the American Colonization Society and its upcoming convention. He singles out Thomas Frelinghuysen who is one of the notable attendees and expresses his dismay that Mr. Frelinghuysen is choosing to align himself with the goals of this society. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-06-02 | | Notes: | The editor responds to a comment made about his move to the country from the city of New York that was delivered before a meeting of the anti-slavery society. He notes that some of the information given about his motivations is incorrect. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-06-02 | | Notes: | The editor tells about his new life in a rural area not far from New York. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-06-02 | | Notes: | The writer gives an overview of a recent convention of the Anti-Slavery Society and its fifth anniversary celebration. This is the parent organization from which all national anti-slavery societies spring. Dr. James McCune Smith was one of the speakers. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-06-02 | | Notes: | The writer comments on the split in the Presbyterian Church. He promises to provide further commentary in an upcoming issue of the paper. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-06-02 | | Notes: | The writer tells his readers that those opposed to the work of abolitionists have accused them of increasing prejudice. He believes the only change that may be influencing prejudice is that the rights provided to African Americans in the past as "favors" are now demanded by them as part of their civil rights as members of a free society. The shift in perspective is proving difficult for some white citizens to make. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-06-02 | | Notes: | The writer reports on a riot that took place in Philadelphia during which a mob destroyed the property of abolitionists. The aim of this riot was to fight against abolition, but because the mob acted violently in this way, the abolitionists gained public sympathy. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-06-09 | | Notes: | The editorial appeals to new readers to become subscribers to the newspaper. The writer notes the importance of the newspaper and its benefit to the African American community. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-06-09 | | Notes: | The writer marks the distinction between prejudice based on skin color and opposition to slavery. A person may be opposed to slavery, yet prejudiced towards the slave him/herself. The editor emphasizes that while ending slavery is a rational action, the true battle here is the battle against prejudice. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-06-09 | | Notes: | The writer questions the fears of immediate emancipation of slaves in the U.S. that seem to be holding back legislation that will free the slaves. He points to the emancipation of the British West Indies as proof that this can be done without the bloodshed that opponents of immediate emancipation fear most. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-06-16 | | Notes: | The writer suggests that all African Americans learn about their history, their rights, and the steps necessary to maintain an equal place in a free society. Through education, meetings, and open discussions, they will be able to understand what is taking place in the world around them politically and take action to maintain their civil rights when necessary. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-06-16 | | Notes: | The writer explains that when the British Parliment first passed the Emancipation Act to free the slaves of the British West Indies, they tacked on an apprenticeship of six years to the deal. This was done out of fear of what may happen if the thousands of slaves were freed at once. The islands, however, rejected this clause and provided their slaves with immediate emancipation. The feared violence never manifested. It is now up to Parliament to revise their law. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-06-19 | | Notes: | The writer tells his readers about recent decisions made in the Connecticut courts that indicate a less prejudiced attitude towards African Americans. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-06-19 | | Notes: | The writer describes the events at a Colonization meeting held in Philadelphia. Although it was supposed to be open to everyone, African Americans were excluded. One African American man who got into the meeting, however, said it was merely a fund raiser and based on the fear of violence if the slaves were set free. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-06-23 | | Notes: | The writer reports that a lot of fugitive slaves are finding their way to Canada and serving in the army there. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-06-23 | | Notes: | The writer assures white society that African American men have no desire for amalgamation. He suggests instead that the continued system of slavery insures amalgamation more than the freedom of choice in marriage partners among freed African Americans. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-06-30 | | Notes: | The writer is dismayed by the attention to the idea of mixing of the races (amalgamation) that seems to be the focus of those in favor of colonization. The fear is that freedom will encourage amalgamation, which he assures the white population is not an issue. He points to southern slavery as more conducive to amalgamation. Encouraging this fear is more a ploy by colonizationists than any real threat to society. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-06-30 | | Notes: | The writer encourages his readers to purchase land and become farmers. He urges them to leave the larger cities and raise their families in the country where there is more opportunity for a quality life. The cities offer prejudice and misery, the country offers independence and security. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-06-30 | | Notes: | The writer suggests that his readers travel by foot or by their own means rather than put up with the prejudice they must endure using public transportation. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-06-30 | | Notes: | The writer responds to a statement made by "one high in authority in a nearby city" saying that seating African Americans with white church attendees will evoke public outrage. The writer assures this authority that African Americans "take no special pleasure" in mixing with white society, but he can see no reason not to do so in a place where all human beings are equal in the eyes of God. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-06-30 | | Notes: | The writer encourages African Americans to move to the country and leave the larger cities where their opportunities are limited. The employment available to them in large cities is menial and hard to come by, and living there involves enduring prejudice. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-06-30 | | Notes: | The writer expresses his alarm at the increase in racial prejudice that is taking place in public transportation. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-07 | | Notes: | The writer announces that the idea of apprenticeship as a way to slowly emancipate slaves in the British West Indies has been abandoned. As of August 1st, the slaves of the British West Indies will be completely emancipated. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-07 | | Notes: | The writer rejoices over the fact that Richard Riker no longer holds the office of Recorder of the city of New York. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-07 | | Notes: | The writer is alarmed by the fall in attendance rates of African American children in public schools. He places blame with parents and the Church for not encouraging stricter attendance. He emphasizes the importance of education for African American children. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-07-07 | | Notes: | The writer calls his readers to action, to stop vacillating and take a stand against lethargy and apathy. He urges them to educate their children, focus on industry and economy, and continue the fight for a better life. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-07-07 | | Notes: | The writer informs his readers that the newspaper's intention is to do good in the community and to assist an oppressed segment of society. If any editorial has offended anyone or created any ill-will, he apologizes for it. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-07-07 | | Notes: | The writer expresses to the community that all African Americans want from them is to be treated equally, to be able to educate their children, and to be afforded the rights and privileges enjoyed by all American citizens. |
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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: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-07-21 | | Notes: | The writer warns his readers about an increase in violence against African Americans in the western states. He blames supporters of colonization for this. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-07-21 | | Notes: | The writer informs his readers that the Slaveholder's Negro Shipping Compnay has contracted with the Colonization Society to help move African Americans to a colony in Liberia. This is a great irony and the writer views those in charge of this action with utmost contempt. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-07-28 | | Notes: | The writer expresses his belief that pro-slavery factions, unable to argue their case rationally with the abolitionists, are now resorting to terror to accomplish their mission to drive free African Americans from the country. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-07-28 | | Notes: | The writer urges his readers to pray for those who are suffering under the scourge of prejudice and racial violence. He also urges them to pray for those who commit such violent acts upon their fellow human beings. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-08-04 | | Notes: | The writer relates the story of a young African American boy who was removed from a private school after local residents complained and abused him because of his race. The writer leaves the conclusion of this drama in the hands of the abolitionists who are on the school's Board of Trustees, but it seems as if money and power are calling he shots here. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Sears, Robert | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-08-04 | | Notes: | The writer comments on a report regarding the trial of a young man accused of embezzlement. He cautions the young men among his readers to focus on character and ethics in their working lives. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-08-11 | | Notes: | The writer expresses his belief that the abolitionists are doing God's work and those who oppose them, oppose God. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-08-11 | | Notes: | The writer comments on the American Colonization Society. While he views it as an evil scheme, he believes it to be ultimately powerless in the face of ethical reasoning. |
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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: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-09-01 | | Notes: | The writer urges his readers to rethink their choices of occupation and to focus on improvement. This means to work hard and avoid immoral ways of earning a living. To conquer prejudice and destroy stereotyping, the individual must concentrate on improving his/her public image. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-09-01 | | Notes: | The writer reports on activities of the Colonization Society in New Jersey as it attempts to persuade free African Americans to move to Africa. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-09-08 | | Notes: | The writer comments on the recent arrest of two French sailors who were charged with being fugitive slaves. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-09-08 | | Notes: | The writer encourages his readers to pattern their lives on statesmen such as Benjamin Franklin and focus on "industry, prudence, and economy." Doing so will lead them to self-improvement and elevation of the race overall. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-09-08 | | Notes: | The writer comments on the idea that while the Church condemns sins such as intemperance and those who don't keep the Sabbath holy, they continue to participate in the worst social sin of all: the holding of slaves and the silent condoning of continued slavery. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-09-08 | | Notes: | The editor responds to remarks made about him, the newspaper, and the cause of freedom in general by Thomas S. Sidney. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-09-08 | | Notes: | The writer reminds his readers that the most important "civil institution" is one that offers a political influence. Civil rights are worth fighting for, and a focus on the political process involved is worth participating in. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-09-15 | | Notes: | The writer warns his readers that slanderous statements published by other editors against David Ruggles and Barney Corse are not true. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Augustus William Hanson | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Title: | Address Delivered September 3rd, 1838, before the New York Association for the Political Elevation and Improvement of the people of color | | Date Published: | 1838-09-15 | | Notes: | Rambling speech regarding the inherent rights of human beings in a free society regardless of race. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-09-15 | | Notes: | The writer responds to an inquiry asking whether Thomas Rice, creator of the minstrel character "Jim Crow," was of mixed race. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-09-22 | | Notes: | The writer expresses the injustices of prejudice that have been adopted not only by society in general but the Church in particular. He describes the way African Americans are treated when they attempt to attend church services with their white brethren. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-09-22 | | Notes: | The writer expresses the irony of a country founded on principles of freedom that continues to include the system of slavery in its southern states. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-09-22 | | Notes: | The writer expresses his view that as each country outside the U.S. frees its slaves, the U.S. gets closer to the end of slavery. The writer holds that universal emancipation is on the horizon. He asks his readers to be encouarged and to be patient. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-09-29 | | Notes: | The writer announces the recent marriage of Reverend Hiram Wilson and tells of his plan for missionary work in Upper Canada. Thousands of escaped slaves and emancipated people are living in a remote and destitute area in the upper provinces of Canada, and missionary work would be welcomed there. The writer asks the philanthropists and abolition organizations among his readership to help Reverend Wilson in his mission. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-09-29 | | Notes: | The writer shares a letter he received from a former slave describing his experiences. The focus is mostly on how prejudice and intolerance have effected religious services in the southern states. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-09-29 | | Notes: | The writer tells his readers that the three most important things in living a successful life are "self-denial" (avoiding vice and sin), "enterprise" (focusing on hard work and self improvement), and "husbandry" (farming and owning land). |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-09-29 | | Notes: | The editor notes that prejudice against skin color is often the last vestige of white people who are so poor in position, economy, and intellect that they have nothing except the color of their skin to offer them value in the social world. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-09-29 | | Notes: | The writer encourages his readers to avoid the vice of gambling. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-09-29 | | Notes: | The writer marks the death of philanthropist and abolitionist, Jacob Lorillard. He praises the life of a good man who worked hard to end prejudice and promote religious harmony between the races. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-10-06 | | Notes: | The writer encourages his readers to become morally and economically ready for the coming years. He believes that freedom is in the near future and that they must be ready for it, both socially and morally. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-10-06 | | Notes: | The writer shares an article from the British and Foreign Review comparing the way believers practice the religion of Islam with that of the way Christianity is practiced. The writer then comments on this article, noting the silent condoning of prejudice and slavery that is accepted in U.S. churches. This action is absent in mosques in the Eastern world. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-10-06 | | Notes: | The writer urges his readers to be patient in the wait for emancipation. He's encouraged by actions in other countries as they recognize the injustice of slavery and emancipate their slaves. He believes the U.S. will surely follow. Even now, Christians in the northern states are praying for those oppressed in the south. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-10-06 | | Notes: | The editor announces the death of Henry Sipkins, a beloved member of the community. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Wright, Theodore S. (Theodore Sedgwick), 1797-1847 | | Newspaper: | Friend of Man | | Title: | Colonization. | | Date Published: | 1838-10-17 | | Notes: | Speech against the idea of the colonization of Africa by freed slaves and the societies that have been organized to promote it. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-10-20 | | Notes: | The writer suggests that those in favor of colonization who believe that African Americans are doomed to a state of lower-caste misery in the U.S. should take a good look at the progress being made in Canada among those who have immigrated there. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-10-20 | | Notes: | The writer announces to his readers that the editor and some newspaper staff members are involved in a libel suit. He believes this is based on prejudice and an attempt to stop the newspaper from continuing to publish. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-10-20 | | Notes: | The writer tells his readers that the American Colonization Society advertises its services to colonize the African coast for those who consent to do so. Yet they then go out and "beg, threaten, and beguile" in order to get that consent. Their methods are underhanded and intended merely to make money off a system based in prejudice. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-10-27 | | Notes: | The writer encourages his readers and asks them to keep up their efforts toward self-improvement. He also asks for financial support of "agents" who are traveling to Canada for missionary work and assistance to those African Americans who have settled there. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-10-27 | | Notes: | The writer comments on the term "degraded race" and its frequent use to define African Americans. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-11-03 | | Notes: | The editor shares a message from Colonel Stone to the U.S. government encouraging positive social and economic relations with Hayti. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-11-03 | | Notes: | The writer encourages his readers by telling them that the call for abolition is now the most powerful political cry in the land. He tells them that more and more people are adopting this idea and that the fight for freedom continues. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-11-10 | | Notes: | The Vigilance Committee makes a plea to the readers of the Colored American for their help in collecting money to pay legal fees so that they can continue their work. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-11-10 | | Notes: | The writer urges the U.S. government to recognize Hayti as an independent government and a source of economic trade. He notes the irony of sanctioned trade with Texas (and foreign countries) that is less than the potential economic value of trade with Hayti. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-11-10 | | Notes: | Thw writer comments on an article regarding the death of Bishop Jolley, "the father of the Scottish Epis. Church." |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-11-10 | | Notes: | The editor shares articles with his readers indicating the growing unrest between the northern and southern states over the issue of slavery. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-11-10 | | Notes: | The writer tells his readers that an education doesn't have to include the entire package of classical learning, but can be gained simply by learning to read and then reading all you can. He encourages them to "read and you will know." |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-11-17 | | Notes: | The writer urges his readers to investigate the silk producing industry for possible occupations in this field. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-11-17 | | Notes: | The editor asks his readers for donations to help pay legal feels incurred by the New York Vigilance Committee in a libel suit. If substantial funds are not raised by December, the printer's property will be confiscated. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-11-17 | | Notes: | The writer urges his readers to vote in accordance with their moral prinicples and not base their vote on party affiliation or abolitionist views. He believes that moral principles only should guide each voter even if it means crossing party lines. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-11-17 | | Notes: | The writer disagrees with the Journal of Commerce and its remark that there were few abolitionists voters in the recent election. He comments on the influence of abolitionists in current government elections. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-11-17 | | Notes: | The writer expresses his ideas and views about the role of women in African American society. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Jennings, Thomas L. | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Title: | Eulogy On the Life and Character of Henry Sipkins, delivered November 1, 1838, before the Mutual Relief Society | | Date Published: | 1838-11-17, 1838-11-24 | | Notes: | Eulogy stressing the life and accomplishments of Henry Sipkins. Published in two separate issues of the Colored American newspaper and combined into one document here. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Title: | New York and Philadelphia. Saturday, November 24, 1838. | | Date Published: | 1838-11-24 | | Notes: | The writer urges his readers to vote in line with abolitionist ideas and political action that will put an end to slavery. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Cornish, Samuel E. (Samuel Eli), 1795?-1858 | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-11-24 | | Notes: | The editor responds to a suggestion from a reader named Hamilton that a convention of young African American men meet in Utica to unite their efforts in the work towards realizing political and civil rights. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-12-01 | | Notes: | The writer suggests that his readers spend their money on the $250 yearly voter registration fee instead of on expensive clothing and unnecessary travel. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-12-08 | | Notes: | The writer comments on a letter published in another newspaper from a missionary in Africa who says that the American slave should feel glad to be living as he/she does since their lot is far better than the African native. The missionary asserts that the slave-trade has been of benefit to Africa. The writer contends that it is more accurate to compare Americans with Americans (white to black) than to assume that since the free African American's ancestry is in Africa that his life in this country should be compared to the native Africans now. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-12-15 | | Notes: | The writer comments on the recent changes that have been introduced into Pennsylvania's "revised" state Constitution. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-12-15 | | Notes: | The writer comments on the goal of Christian missionaries to "Christianize" Africa and thus help to establish a "civilized" colony there. This work currently includes the purchase of a ship for colonizationn purposes. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-12-15 | | Notes: | Brief comment on a recent presidential speech. The writer suggests that by the his silence on the subject of abolition, Martin Van Buren has offered a boost to the American Colonization Society's cause. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-12-15 | | Notes: | The writer encourages his readers to purchase the $250 worth of real estate required to establish the right to vote. He also encourages them to use this voting power to help change the suffrage restrictions that apply to African Americans. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1838-12-22 | | Notes: | The writer comments on the accomplishments of the Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Date Published: | 1838-12-22 | | Notes: | The editor gave a brief overview of the newspaper's status as it ended its second year in publication. He announced that James McCune Smith had been added to the editorial staff. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Ruggles, David, 1810-1849 | | Newspaper: | Presscopy -- Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, Anti-Slavery Pamphlets | | Title: | A Plea for "A Man and A Brother" | | Date Published: | 1839 | | Notes: | Response to comments given by Philip A. Bell regarding a libel suit brought against Samuel Cornish and the Colored American newspaper. David Ruggles explains the circumstances leading up to the legal action. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Ruggles, David, 1810-1849 | | Newspaper: | Presscopy -- Essex Institute, Salem Massachusetts, Anti-Slavery Pamphlets | | Title: | A Plea for "A Man and A Brother" | | Date Published: | 1839 | | Notes: | Address given during a public meeting regarding a libel suit brought about by David Ruggles against the Colored American newspaper and its editor Samuel Cornish. When Samuel Cornish did not appear, David Ruggles was given the floor to explain the offense and a debate among various members of the Committee of Vigilance followed. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Ruggles, David, 1810-1849 | | Newspaper: | Presscopy -- Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, Anti-Slavery Pamphlets | | Title: | A Plea for "A Man and A Brother" | | Date Published: | 1839 | | Notes: | David Ruggles replies to comments made by William P. Johnson in an ongoing debate regarding the circumstances leading up to the libel suit brought against Samuel Cornish and the Colored American newspaper. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Harris, Andrew, of Philadelphia | | Newspaper: | Emancipator | | Title: | Speeches at the Anniversary | | Date Published: | 1839 | | Notes: | Speech against the injustices and horrors of slavery given at the annual meeting of the American Anti-Slavery Society. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Bell, Philip A. | | Newspaper: | Presscopy -- Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, Anti-Slavery Pamphlets | | Title: | A Plea for "A Man and A Brother" | | Date Published: | 1839 | | Notes: | Comments given on an address by David Ruggles regarding a libel suit against Samuel Cornish and the Colored American newspaper. Bell provided a statement regarding his participation in the events leading up to the suit. (Includes MP3 audio file) |
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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: | Johnson, William P., fl. 1839 | | Newspaper: | Presscopy -- Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, Anti-Slavery Pamphlets | | Title: | A Plea for "A Man and A Brother" | | Date Published: | 1839 | | Notes: | Response to debate between David Ruggles and Philip A. Bell regarding the events and situation surrounding the libel suit brought against Samuel Cornish and the Colored American newspaper. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-01-19 | | Notes: | The writer encourages his readers to purchase land and pursue farming. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-01-19 | | Notes: | The writer comments on the recent military action to remove the Mickasuckie Indians from Florida. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-01-26 | | Notes: | The writer suggests as an alternative to colonizing Africa with free African Americans that the government should open the available acreage within its territories to all Americans regardless of color. He provides a list of acreage available in various states. He is alarmed with how quickly this land is being settled by foreign immigrants. He believes this land is better used by issuing it to African Americans instead. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-01-26 | | Notes: | The writer encourages his readers to pursue the opportunities of land available in the West, and to combine the manual labor of cultivating this land with education in order to lead successful, happy lives. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | National Reformer (1838 - 1839) | | Date Published: | 1839-02 | | Notes: | The writer comments on the recent speeches of Henry Clay and Thomas Moore. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | National Reformer (1838 - 1839) | | Date Published: | 1839-02 | | Notes: | Brief editorial encouraging readers to petition the state government to learn specifically what civil rights are provided to African Americans in Pennsylvania. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | National Reformer (1838 - 1839) | | Date Published: | 1839-02 | | Notes: | The writer expresses his thoughts on a recent book titled The History of the New York African Free School written by one of the school's professors. He notes that emphasis placed on the idea that black Americans are "descendents of Africa" and should therefore be pitied just encourages the caste system that is at the root of national prejudice. African Americans are American first and foremost; this is their country and they are Americans regardless of the color of their skin. Making this distinction encourages separation in a situation that is only remedied by unity. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | National Reformer (1838 - 1839) | | Date Published: | 1839-02 | | Notes: | The writer believes that the communication available through newspapers such as the Colored American helps hold together the African American community and is beneficial in the work towards elevation of the race. This freedom of expression must come from African Americans themselves since prejudice is so much a part of their lives that they feel they can't express themselves freely in any other way, even to those in the white community who wish to help. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | National Reformer (1838 - 1839) | | Date Published: | 1839-02 | | Notes: | The writer announces that a national convention will be held in Philadelphia. He expressed his thoughts on the prospect of this convention. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | National Reformer (1838 - 1839) | | Date Published: | 1839-02 | | Notes: | The writer comments on an editorial from the Mirror of Liberty that suggests that the word "moral" be removed from the tenets of the National Reform Society. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-02-02 | | Notes: | The writer comments on recent events in Mexico as they repel the French army expeditions there. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-02-02 | | Notes: | The writer gives the reasons he believes that the U.S. should recognize the independence of the government of Haiti before giving that recognition to Texas. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-02-09 | | Notes: | The writer encourages his readers to send their children to the public schools provided for them. He notes that of the 3,000 possible students, there are currently only about 1,000 enrolled. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-02-09 | | Notes: | The writer offers his view of the involvement of the Church in continuing the system of slavery. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-02-09 | | Notes: | The writer encourages his readers to buy land, move to the country, and take up farming. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-02-16 | | Notes: | The writer offers comments on Henry Clay's recent speech. The writer believes that Henry Clay's perception of slavery is based upon his upbringing and experience with the system of slavery in the south. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-02-16 | | Notes: | The writer comments on a philanthropic enterprise that selects African American youth to enter specialized education. He believes that while white philanthropists mean well, they often select young men who are not the best representatives of the race. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-02-16 | | Notes: | The writer suggests that since African Americans prefer to stay in the U.S., their native land, their efforts should go towards improvement of their situation here and the elevation of the race overall. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | The means of our elevation. | | Date Published: | 1839-02-23 | | Notes: | The writer urges his readers to seek to elevate themselves through virtuous living. He emphasizes economy, industry, education, and the pursuit of honorable employment. He suggests to his readers that the best way they can elevate themselves is by living an honest, moral and ethical life. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-02-23 | | Notes: | The writer cautions his readers against the evils of gambling, especially the practice of buying lottery tickets with hard-earned pay. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-02-23 | | Notes: | The writer offers a suggestion to the state legislature to change the requirements for voting so that every African American male who has reached the age of 21 and pays $100 yearly rent can vote. This would replace the current $250 real estate requirement. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-03-02 | | Notes: | A humorous look at a noticeable lack of locks on the doors of African American houses. The writer compares the types of door fastening mechanisms and door knobs to the lives of those who live within the houses. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-03-09 | | Notes: | Brief note regarding the status of the military on the east coast. The writer sarcastically suggests that the army move down to Florida and take the land there from the native people until Congress can "legislate" it away from them. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-03-09 | | Notes: | The writer gives a brief overview of a recent abolitionist convention he attended. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-03-09 | | Notes: | The writer comments on remarks made by David Hale, publisher of the Journal of Commerce, regarding those who assume positions of authority. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-03-09 | | Notes: | The writer describes his visit to a carpet factory that is managed by an African American man who is in charge of several white workers. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-03-09 | | Notes: | The writer offers an anecdote that describes the social state of African Americans at the time. He urges his readers to do all they can to elevate their condition. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-03-09 | | Notes: | The writer notes the repercussions of the current emphasis on Colonization as a solution to the "problem" of emancipation. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-03-16 | | Notes: | The writer, a clergyman, expresses his frustration with being ignored by the clergy and Christians in his neighborhood. He believes this is because he is African American and that it wouldn't happen if he were white. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-03-16 | | Notes: | The writer offers a brief note of encouragement to his readers regarding the purchase of land. He urges them to move from the cities and into the country. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-03-16 | | Notes: | The writer expresses his dismay regarding a rumor that a beloved teacher is about to be moved to another district. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-03-16 | | Notes: | A tongue-in-cheek commentary on people who talk too much. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-04-11 | | Notes: | The writer lists the benefits of the Colored American newspaper, and offers its pledge to continue to serve the African American community. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-05-11 | | Notes: | The writer offers a pledge on behalf of the African American people that they will continue in their goal towards elevation and improvement despite the odds that seem set against their success. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-05-11 | | Notes: | The writer expresses his opinion as to the cause of the condition free African Americans find themselves in. He believes that this complacency and acceptance of poverty (both social and financial) begins in childhood and is based on lack of parental guidance. He suggests that parents be more concerned about their childrenÂ’s futures than about how they are treated by the social structure they must live and work in. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-05-11 | | Notes: | The writer reminds his readers that it is human to err, that forgiveness is a Divine and Christian act. To return evil with evil goes against the teachings of Christ. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-05-11 | | Notes: | The writer announces an upcoming convention to be held on the anniversary of the American Anti-Slavery Society. He briefly mentions the challenges that lay ahead for this organization. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-05-11 | | Notes: | The writer emphasizes the benefits of the Colored American newspaper. He reminds his readers that publishing an independent and important means of communication such as this requires money, time and determination. He asks his readers to continue their much needed support. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-05-18 | | Notes: | The writer expresses his outrage at the prejudicial treatment African Americans receive in New Jersey. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-05-18 | | Notes: | Without specifying exactly, the writer calls attention to the plight of slaves in the southern states. Although free African Americans in the north are considered low caste representatives of a "degraded" race, those still enslaved in the south are in a far worse condition. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-05-18 | | Notes: | The writer offers an anecdote as an ironic example of Henry Clay's idea that some day the races would merge. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-05-18 | | Notes: | The writer offers criticism of the American Anti-Slavery Society. The society focuses all its efforts on the abolition of slavery and the condition of the slaves in the south, that there is no energy left to address the problems facing free African Americans in the north. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-05-18 | | Notes: | The writer expresses his belief that money society spends on vices such as gambling and alcohol could be better spent supporting African American workers. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-05-18 | | Notes: | Brief remarks regarding the work of Fanny Wright. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-06-01 | | Notes: | The writer expresses his frustration at the suggestion that African Americans could end racial prejudice themselves. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-06-01 | | Notes: | The writer comments on an editorial published in the Journal of Commerce regarding public smoking habits. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-06-01 | | Notes: | The writer encourages his readers to get involved in the silk making industry. This business can be created independently with very little capital investment. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-06-01 | | Notes: | The writer tells his readers that protest and appeals for justice should be expected from African Americans. He encourages them to continue, yet to approach this effort as "enlightened, prudent, and modest" people. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-06-01 | | Notes: | The writer expresses his opinion on the current debate in the Church regarding whether or not slavery is a sin. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-06-01 | | Notes: | The writer emphasizes the power of faith and religion in times of oppression, prejudice, and opposition to emancipation that is being expressed by both the government and the Church. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-06-01 | | Notes: | The writer suggests that philanthropists donate money to establish a "market garden" that will help train African American men to start their own business in the silk industry. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-06-01 | | Notes: | Brief note regarding the value of education. The writer tells his readers that a simple education is often more valuable than a formal, classical one. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-06-01 | | Notes: | The writer expresses his outrage over the treatment of Lewis Tappan as he dealt with his current court case. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Simons, Peter Paul, fl. 1839 | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Title: | An Oration Delivered 23d of April, 1839, by Peter Paul Simons | | Date Published: | 1839-06-01 | | Notes: | Speech stressing the responsibility of parents to encourage "moral elevation" in their children so that the people of color may realize a brighter future. The speaker believes the key to freedom is action based on commitment to a moral cause which is passed down from parent to child. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-06-01 | | Notes: | The writer reminds his readers of the powerful influence the Church has on continuing slavery in the U.S. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-06-01 | | Notes: | The writer expresses his thoughts on why it is important that the Church remain free from prejudice and an implied agreement with the system of slavery. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-06-08 | | Notes: | The writer describes the actions of a pro-slavery faction operating in the newly emancipated British West Indies. These men are attempting to continue the oppression of newly freed slaves by making their lives unbearable. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-06-15 | | Notes: | The writer expresses his thoughts on the social (and spiritual) obligation each human being has for others. He encourages his readers to take care of each other. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-06-15 | | Notes: | The writer expresses his thoughts on the influence of the Church in continuing the system of slavery. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-06-22 | | Notes: | The writer explains that two of the Colored American editors are no longer employed by the newspaper. James McCune Smith has resigned and the other editor (whose name is not mentioned) has retired. The writer emphasizes the goals, objectives, and obligation of the newspaper to its readers. He also emphasizes the commitment of the newspaper to continue publication. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-06-22 | | Notes: | The writer comments on a letter published in another column and addressing the issue of civil rights. The letter contrasted the experience of the free African Americans in the south with the free African Americans in the north. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-06-22 | | Notes: | The writer comments on the influence of the Church in continuing the system of slavery. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-06-22 | | Notes: | The writer encourages his readers to move from the cities and take up farming. He urges them to be industrious and not idle away their lives for menial pay. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-06-29 | | Notes: | The writer comments on an article in the Emancipator newspaper regarding the recent visit of Vice President R. M. Johnson. The writer added his own experience with the Vice President during this visit. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-06-29 | | Notes: | The writer comments on the scientific advancements of the day. (There is a portion missing from this editorial.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-07-13 | | Notes: | The writer offers a description and critique of the recent anniversary celebration of the New York chapter of the Phoenixonian Literary Society. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-07-13 | | Notes: | The writer expresses his views regarding the motivation of those who encourage colonization. The proposed goals of this idea are presented in terms of Christian obligation, but he believes this is simply a way to remove African Americans from their home country. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-07-13 | | Notes: | The writer described the visit to that city of Martin Van Buren and contrasted the event with the past visits by John Quincy Adams. He felt ashamed of the pomp and circumstance surrounding the day. He also described the revelry and celebration of July 4th with similar criticism. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-07-13 | | Notes: | The writer offers an answer to the question "what have abolitionists done ...?" He emphasizes the sacrifices and dedication to justice that he sees expressed in those who work for the cause of freedom. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-07-13 | | Notes: | The writer tells his readers that he is about to journey west from Massachusetts to promote the Colored American newspaper and connect with influence friends. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-07-20 | | Notes: | The writer encourages his readers to read more in order to keep current with scientific and social advances. But he also encourages them to read more in order to continue to educate themselves (both spiritually and socially) and to reinforce the solid connection with their community. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-07-20 | | Notes: | The writer comments on the benefits of Sunday Schools (Sabbath Schools). |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-07-27 | | Notes: | The writer encourages his readers to establish a business in the silk industry. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-07-27 | | Notes: | The writer advises his readers not to discount immigration just because it sounds too much like Colonization. Colonization efforts involve a mass effort to move people from their home country. This is not the same as the action of one individual who wishes to move to another country to find a better life. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-07-27 | | Notes: | The writer emphasizes the social power in exercising the right to vote. He encourages his readers to take advantage of this. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-07-27 | | Notes: | The writer relates an interview with a nameless government official in the British West Indies regarding the condition of the country. After emancipation of these islands, this official explains that none of the feared violence and "ruin" has come to pass. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-07-27 | | Notes: | The writer called for renewed political action in the form of petitions, a state convention, and the establishment of political action committees. He offered the services of the newspaper in this effort. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-08-17 | | Notes: | The writer related the events surrounding the August 1st celebration of the emancipation of the the British West Indies. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-08-24 | | Notes: | The writer points out the benefits of union within the African American community. These benefits include not only political rights and safety, but social and community well-being. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-08-24 | | Notes: | The writer expresses his views regarding a resolution asking the African American community to withhold their votes in the upcoming election for any candidate who is not in favor of the immediate abolition of slavery. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-08-24 | | Notes: | The writer notes the irony of prejudice in the Church and in those who profess to being Christian. Ministers and professors insist that they believe in the teachings of Jesus Christ, yet continue to express an influential racial prejudice in their work. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Payne, Daniel Alexander, 1811-1893. | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | Speeches Delivered at the National Anti-Slavery Convention | | Date Published: | 1839-08-30 | | Notes: | Anecdotal speech given at the National Anti-Slavery Convention regarding the abuses and injustices of slavery with emphasis placed on the role of the Church and the Christian community. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-08-31 | | Notes: | The writer continues his commentary on a proposed resolution which states that African Americans will deny their vote to any candidate who does not support the immediate abolition of slavery. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-09-07 | | Notes: | The writer calls for an accounting by the Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church of their actions in rejecting the application of Alexander Crummel for admission. The writer believes this rejection was based on racial prejudice. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-09-14 | | Notes: | The writer expresses his views on the irony of racial prejudice among those who consider themselves "good Christians." |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-09-14 | | Notes: | The writer offers his commentary on a death notice for an African American Revolutionary War veteran published in another newspaper. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-09-28 | | Notes: | Preliminary proceedings to decide jurisdiction of one part of the Amistad case involving the capture and bondage of three children. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-09-28 | | Notes: | The writer alerts his readers to upcoming commentary on immigration and the condition of places where African Americans have relocated. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-10-05 | | Notes: | The writer suggests that African Americans invest their money in their futures rather than at the gambling tables and bars. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-10-05 | | Notes: | The writer expresses his dislike of the way immigration to Trinidad is unfolding. He urges his readers who are thinking of moving there to be sure this is their individual desire and not done through attempts by others (as in Colonization practices). He also urges them to seek a reliable agent before making this type of move. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-10-05 | | Notes: | The writer encouraged his readers to participate in establishing a literary society suggested by the recent Anti-Slavery Convention. This type of society would benefit African Americans by providing them with a place for lectures, meetings, reading, self-educational opportunities, and community. It would also offer a positive alternative to those who now frequent the drinking, gambling and prostitution establishments. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-10-05 | | Notes: | The writer encourages his readers to ensure that their children have a well-rounded education. He suggests a "good English education" with the possibility of apprenticeship afterwards. He emphasizes that this is the best path towards a positive future. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Cornish, Samuel E. (Samuel Eli), 1795?-1858 | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-10-05 | | Notes: | The writer comments on an exchange between Samuel Cornish and Philip Bell regarding a statement published in the Friend of Man newspaper. The Friend of Man's brief statement was from a representative of the New York Anti-Slavery Society saying they would not support the Colored American newspaper until it changed its political point of view. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-10-12 | | Notes: | The writer comments on the state of disfranchisement that free African Americans find themselves in. This condition marginalizes them from the rest of the population and they feel not only that their right to citizenship is in question, but their human rights as well. (This editorial will be continued in upcoming issues.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-10-12 | | Notes: | The writer emphasizes to his readers that their freedom lies in their own hands. He tells them that one race cannot elevate another; that they must take responsibility for their own freedom. Each person must work to elevate him/herself and be all he/she can be, to offer a model of freedom for the generations to follow. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Title: | Self Contradiction. | | Date Published: | 1839-10-12 | | Notes: | The writer makes a distinction between "political action" and "moral action" regarding the issues of slavery and emancipation. He tells his readers that some abolitionists are acting only as it serves their political purposes, not as a moral obligation to God. He urges his readers to continue going to the polls, but to cast their votes for what is religiously right, not what is best for the political party. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-10-19 | | Notes: | Brief commentary regarding taking pride in religion and using it to feel superior to others. The writer also associates this with the "sin" of Colonization. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-10-19 | | Notes: | The writer gives commentary on the condition of public education for African American youth. He compares what is offered in New York with the educational opportunities in Ohio. He includes an overview of the Education Convention of the Colored People of Ohio held in Columbus, Ohio. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-11-02 | | Notes: | The writer comments on the way the trial of the Amistad prisoners is being reported by the press. He urges a fair and non-biased reporting of events. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Beman, Amos Gerry, 1812-1874 | | Newspaper: | Emancipator | | Title: | Address, Delivered in the Colored Congregational Church, Hartford, Conn., August 1, 1839, by Amos G. Beman, Pastor of the Colored Congregational Church in New Haven | | Date Published: | 1839-11-07 | | Notes: | Excerpt of a speech delivered before the Congregational Church in Hartford, Connecticut and published in the Emancipator newspaper. The newspaper notes that: "Mr. B. endeavors successfully, in his address, to show, that the colored race may be elevated in this country, in respect to property, intelligence, and moral worth; which he declares are the elements of true happiness and prosperity. Having concluded his argument, he makes an eloquent and earnest appeal to his hearers, to inspire them with resolution to overcome the obstacles in the way of their elevation." (Includes MP3 audio file.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-11-09 | | Notes: | The writer defends the Colored American and its editors regarding negative remarks made by several prominent African American men in the New York State Anti-Slavery Society. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-11-09 | | Notes: | The writer expresses his opinion on recent political action as it pertains to the abolition of slavery. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-11-09 | | Notes: | The writer relates an incidence regarding the prejudicial employment practice of a "certain business." |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-11-09 | | Notes: | Brief commentary on the recent election and its possible outcome. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-11-16 | | Notes: | The writer asks his readers for donations to help the newspaper stay in publication. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-11-16 | | Notes: | The writer compares and contrasts voluntary immigration to the western states and various other countries with the restrictions and demands of Colonization. While voluntary immigration can be useful to a society, scheme's like Colonization work against it. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-11-16 | | Notes: | The writer expresses his views regarding abolition and political action. Abolition is a moral decision, and politics is the forum for translation of this decision into action. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-11-16 | | Notes: | The writer comments on the recent accusations lodged at Consul Trist of Havana for aiding the slave trade. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-11-16 | | Notes: | The writer notes the success of immediate emancipation in other countries, and expresses his belief that the U.S. must follow suit. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-11-16 | | Notes: | The writer asks that the New York State Legislature amend the state's Consitution to eliminate the restrictions on African American voters. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-11-16 | | Notes: | Commentary on the role politics plays in the fight for the abolition of slavery. The writer expresses his opinion on the current state of this battle in the political arena. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-11-23 | | Notes: | The writer stresses the importance of education for African American women, as well as African American men. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-11-23 | | Notes: | Brief description of the current plan to raise funds to save the financially strapped newspaper. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-11-23 | | Notes: | The writer expresses the importance of improving the lives of African Americans socially, morally, and intellectually. By working individually to become the best he or she can be, each person can affect social acceptance by all citizens of this country. The focus is on improving the racial relations, quality of life, and ending prejudice. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-12-07 | | Notes: | The editor tells his readers that unless some unexpected funds reach the newspaper immediately they will have to stop publication. He focuses on the recent status of subscriptions and donations, and the financial troubles of the newspaper. He also stresses the benefits the newspaper offers to all African Americans. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1839-12-07 | | Notes: | The writer continues his comments on the importance of social improvement stressing education, spirituality, and morality, and instilling these values in children. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Crummell, Alexander, 1819-1898 | | Newspaper: | ADS -- New York Public Library -- Schomburg Collection | | Title: | Eulogium on the Life and Character of Thomas Sipkins Sidney | | Date Published: | 1840 | | Notes: | Handwritten eulogy given after the death of Thomas Sipkins Sidney with a detailed account of Sidney's life and accomplishments. |
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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: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-03-07 | | Notes: | The writer explains the lack of newspaper publication for the past three months. The newspaper continues to struggle financially and once again he asks for financial assistance from his readers. He stresses the benefits and value of continuing publication of the Colored American. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-03-07 | | Notes: | Response to an editorial published in another newspaper by a local minister wherein the minister referred to African Americans as "heathen" and Godless. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-03-07 | | Notes: | The writer discusses the pros and cons of immigrating to British Guiana and Trinidad. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-03-07 | | Notes: | The writer continues his commentary on the pros and cons of immigrating to Trinidad and British Guiana. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-03-21 | | Notes: | Commentary on the work and current status of the anti-slavery movement and the cause of abolition in various states and in other countries. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-03-28 | | Notes: | The writer gives a brief overview of ten African American churches in New York City. These churches stand as proof that African Americans are not without religious conviction. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-04-04 | | Notes: | The writer provides current information regarding the status of those who have immigrated to Trinidad, Guiana, and Demarara. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-04-11 | | Notes: | Overview of a government report on the status of immigration to Trinidad, Guiana, and Mauritius and the condition of those who have immigrated there. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-04-11 | | Notes: | The editor shares a first hand account from a local traveler of conditions in Trinidad and the status of those who have immigrated there. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-04-18 | | Notes: | The writer explains a form of gambling called "policy gambling" (a type of lottery) to his readers. He warns them of the risks and shame involved in this type of vice. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-04-25 | | Notes: | The writer expresses his opinion regarding the work of abolitionists. He is disappointed, however, to learn that some prominent African American men are actually opposed to the abolition movement saying that it does more harm than good. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-05-02 | | Notes: | The writer discusses reasons for forming a state convention of African Americans to discuss pressing issues such as suffrage and civil rights. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-05-02 | | Notes: | The editor explains the reasons for the negative stance that the Colored American is taking on immigration to Trinidad, Guiana, and the British West Indies. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-05-09 | | Notes: | The writer explains to his readers the misunderstanding of those who wish free African Americans to immigrate to other countries. Although they are of African heritage, they were born in this country, and this country is their home. They wish only to enjoy the rights and privileges afforded to all American citizens. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-05-09 | | Notes: | The writer shares a letter from a former slave who was able to amass a small fortune after release from slavery. This is offered to prove that freed slaves are capable of taking care of themselves. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-05-09 | | Notes: | The writer briefly discusses the negative view some people have of the work of abolitionists in the southern states. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-05-09 | | Notes: | The writer tells his readers about an upcoming week of speeches to be delivered by various branches of the American Anti-Slavery Society to celebrate their anniversary. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-05-16 | | Notes: | The editor asks again for financial assistance from his readers to help keep the Colored American in publication. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-05-23 | | Notes: | Brief statement alerting readers to the passing of a law that provided a jury trial to any person being held as a fugitive slave. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-05-23 | | Notes: | The editor discusses the recent meeting of the American Anti-Slavery Society members and their decision to form a new national society. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-05-23 | | Notes: | The editor gives a brief update on the events surrounding the Amistad trial. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-05-30 | | Notes: | The writer discusses the recent legal suit involving an African American man who is fined for operating a push cart without a license. Yet because he is African American, the city refused to issue him a license. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-06-06 | | Notes: | The writer announces the decisions regarding time and place for the upcoming anti-slavery convention. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-06-06 | | Notes: | The writer comments on a report published in another newspaper describing hostile events taking place in Libera, Africa. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-06-13 | | Notes: | The writer discusses the benefits of holding a national convention of free African Americans. He briefly contrasts and compares a national convention over a state convention. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-06-20 | | Notes: | The writer provides an overview of a recent conference of the Methodist Episcopalian Church. He emphasizes the controversy that developed when the topic of slavery and abolition was introduced. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-06-20 | | Notes: | The writer discusses his upcoming travels and the benefit this form of observational reporting can bring to his readers. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873 | | Newspaper: | Anti-Slavery Reporter | | Title: | First Annual Meeting of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society | | Date Published: | 1840-07-01 | | Notes: | Speech delivered in London before the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society (attended by the Duke of Sussex and other dignitaries), regarding the plight of the slave in the United States. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-07-04 | | Notes: | The editor reports on two examples of harmonious civil relationships between white and African Americans. In one situation, an African American man was in charge of white workers, yet there was no animosity or ill-will experienced by anyone. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-07-11 | | Notes: | The writer replies to a letter from the immigration agent for Trinidad to a member of Britain's parliament blaming the actions of abolitionists for the current racial tension in the U.S. The agent reasoned that for free African Americans, immigration was the only rational choice. The writer disagreed with his conclusions. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-07-18 | | Notes: | 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. |
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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: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-08-01 | | Notes: | The writer alerts his readers to the August 1st celebration that will take place later that day. He reminds his readers that the British West Indies were emancipated on this date. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-08-01 | | Notes: | The writer apologizes for publishing a letter received by the newspaper in error. The letter had been included with a list of donors and subscribers which was supposed to be published. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-08-08 | | Notes: | The writer reports on a recent anti-slavery convention that welcomed representatives from almost every recognized country. The writer was surprised by how women were received as delegates without deference placed on gender. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-08-08 | | Notes: | The writer expresses his objections to the increasing popularity of the "Penny Press" newspapers. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-08-08 | | Notes: | Brief announcement of a meeting being formed to discuss the details of an upcoming anti-slavery convention. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Nell, William C. (William Cooper), 1816-1874. | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | Anniversary for British Emancipation | | Date Published: | 1840-08-14 | | Notes: | Speech given on the anniversary of British emancipation of the West Indies with a comparison of this act to the continuation of slavery in the U.S. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Hilton, John T. | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | Anniversary of British Emancipation | | Date Published: | 1840-08-14 | | Notes: | Speech delivered on the anniversary of British emancipation of the West Indies, and a comparison of this with the continuation of slavery in the U.S. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Alexander, S. R. | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | Anniversary of British Emancipation | | Date Published: | 1840-08-14 | | Notes: | Speech given on the anniversary of the emancipation of slavery in the British West Indies; and comparing this with the continuation of slavery in the U.S. (Includes MP3 audio file.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-08-15 | | Notes: | A brief overview of celebrations held to commemorate the August 1st anniversary of emancipation in the British West Indies. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-08-15 | | Notes: | Brief report on the status of convention held in Albany, New York. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-08-15 | | Notes: | A brief overview of a recent national convention, emphasizing the impact of opposition from colonizationists in attendance. Included is a short article by David Ruggles expressing his opinion of the proceedings. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-08-22 | | Notes: | Brief announcement of an upcoming convention organized to address a resolution passed in another convention. The resolution to be addressed says that the testimony of African American male church members must be respected. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Shadd, Abraham D. | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Title: | Address of Mr. A. D. Shadd of Westchester | | Date Published: | 1840-08-22 | | Notes: | Speech given on the anniversary of the emancipation of the British West Indies stressing the political implications of this and the continued slavery in the U.S. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Hilton, John T. | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | Arrival of Wm. Lloyd Garrison and N. P. Rogers from England | | Date Published: | 1840-08-28 | | Notes: | Speech given at Marlboro Chapel to commemorate the arrival in Boston from England of William Lloyd Garrison and N. P. Rogers. An invitation for the event was issued reading: "all abolitionists of Boston and vicinity, irrespective of complexion, respectfully requested to unite in this public reception of our esteemed friends and co-adjutors in the cause of universal emancipation." |
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| Speaker or Author: | Nell, William C. (William Cooper), 1816-1874. | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | Arrival of Wm. Lloyd Garrison and N. P. Rogers from England | | Date Published: | 1840-08-28 | | Notes: | Speech given at Marlboro Chapel to commemorate the arrival in Boston from England of William Lloyd Garrison and N. P. Rogers. An invitation for the event was issued reading: "all abolitionists of Boston and vicinity, irrespective of complexion, respectfully requested to unite in this public reception of our esteemed friends and co-adjutors in the cause of universal emancipation." |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-08-29 | | Notes: | The editor explains the reasons why a letter sent to the newspaper for publication was not published. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-08-29 | | Notes: | The writer discusses the upcoming political election. He encourages abolitionists to vote for those who are truly committed to the abolition of slavery. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-08-29 | | Notes: | The writer announces an upcoming conference to be held on September 5. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-08-29 | | Notes: | The writer reports on the state convention being held in Albany. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-09-12 | | Notes: | The writer reports on the state convention recently held in Albany, New York. He plays special attention to the views of those who were against holding this convention. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-09-19 | | Notes: | The writer reports on a recent State Temperance and Moral Reform Society convention he attended. Included is a brief description of his travel experience aboard a steamboat that took him to the convention. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-09-19 | | Notes: | A brief overview of a politically focused convention held in Ohio. One of the topics covered was the link between slavery and politics. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-09-19 | | Notes: | Brief overview of the National Reform Convention held in New Haven. Although the motivation to hold this convention was strong, the attendance was light. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-09-19 | | Notes: | The writer reports on a political debate regarding the issue of abolitionist views among members of the Liberty Party. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-09-26 | | Notes: | The writer answers a published letter questioning the politics of the Liberty party and its current anti-slavery work. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-09-26 | | Notes: | The editor tells his readers that the newspaper is in great debt. He calls for those who owe the newspaper money for their subscriptions to please pay now to help the newspaper stay in publication. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-09-26 | | Notes: | The writer calls attention to the convenience and effeciency of railroad transportation. He emphasizes how railroads are facilitating the escape of fugitive slaves. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-09-26 | | Notes: | The writer shares with his readers an announcement from the Queen of England commending the peaceful and cooperative emancipation efforts taking place in Jamaica and the West Indies. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-09-26 | | Notes: | The writer addresses the issues of racial prejudice. He tells his readers that this is a learned behavior based on class and that it basically goes against human nature. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-09-26 | | Notes: | Brief report on the trial of a man in England who was found guilty of selling British subjects into slavery in Texas. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-10-03 | | Notes: | The writer reviews the basic political history of the presidential candidates emphasizing each man's position on the issue of slavery. He encourages his readers to vote with the Liberty Party. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-10-10 | | Notes: | The writer stresses the importance of political action and the exercising of voting rights in the work to abolish slavery. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-10-17 | | Notes: | The editor calls for young, educated African American men to write for the newspaper. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-10-17 | | Notes: | Brief note from the editor suggesting that his readers spend their free time in the upcoming winter months attending lectures and enjoying educational activities. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-10-17 | | Notes: | The writer describes the current state of immigration to the West Indies. He urges his readers to abandon any ideas of immigrating. While the concept may sound inviting, the reality of the experiences of those who have gone before is miserable. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-10-17 | | Notes: | The writer gives a review of a book of Biblical illustrations that has recently gone on sale at local bookstores. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-10-17 | | Notes: | The writer encourages his readers to not vote for Martin Van Buren or any member of the Whig party. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-10-17 | | Notes: | The writer reports on rumors of war in the Middle-east. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-10-24 | | Notes: | The writer comments on a report published in the New York Observer regarding a speech on slavery in East India delivered during the World's Convention. He asks why the editor of the New York Observer is so willing to condemn slavery in other countries but refuses to address the issue of slavery in the U.S. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-10-24 | | Notes: | The writer shares with his readers a brief eulogy for four men of note who recently died. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-10-24 | | Notes: | The writer admonishes his readers to keep the Sabbath holy by refraining from "amusements" on this day. He calls special attention to the youth who have been seen "playing ball" on this day. He asks parents to monitor their children's behavior on the Sabbath. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-10-24 | | Notes: | The writer tells encourages his readers to save their money instead of spending it frivolously. He notes that while he's not suggesting a specific plan, institutions exist to help them save their money. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873 | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | Paisley Temperance Society Soiree, in honor of Mr. Charles Lenox Remond and Mr. George Thompson | | Date Published: | 1840-10-30 | | Notes: | Speech given before the Paisley Temperance Society regarding the cooperation existing between the temperance and anti-slavery movements. By joining forces, both movements hoped to reach their goals for social change. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-10-31 | | Notes: | The writer warns his readers against the moral and financial perils of playing the lottery. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-10-31 | | Notes: | The writer appeals to philanthropist Thomas Hodgkin to rethink his support of the American Colonization Society. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-10-31 | | Notes: | Brief eulogy praising Reverend Peter Williams. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-10-31 | | Notes: | The editor alerts his readers in Ohio that they will be attempting to collect past due subscription payments from them. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-10-31 | | Notes: | The writer encourages those who can vote to do so; and to vote "against the oppressors" and for those who will aid the struggle to freedom. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-10-31 | | Notes: | The writer reports on a meeting held at a local church regarding immigration to Trinidad. He suspects that one of the speakers who's speech encouraged immigration is actually a paid agent. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873 | | Newspaper: | Anti-Slavery Reporter | | Title: | A Coloured American on the Colonization Society | | Date Published: | 1840-11-04 | | Notes: | Speech against the goals and ideals of the American Colonization Society. The speaker stressed that this society works against and not for the free people of color. He also addressed a secret resolution passed in Virginia in 1800 and again in 1816 that attempted to establish a colony in Louisiana for free people of color in order to remove them from Virginia. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-11-07 | | Notes: | The writer tells his readers about the report filed by two African American men who were recruited to investigate conditions in Trinidad. The writer believes these men were given special treatment by the planters and steered away from the cruel reality of immigrant life there. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-11-07 | | Notes: | Although the voting is still in progress in New York, the editor provides the current status of the presidential election results across the country showing Martin Van Buren in the lead. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1840-11-07 | | Notes: | The writer updates his readers on the current state of Jamaica after emancipation of the West Indies. The feared violence from the freed slaves has not manifested and what may be needed now is a Savings Bank to hold their new found wealth. He adds that people who have immigrated to Trinidad are not doing as well. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Stewart, Austin, fl. 1840 | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Title: | Remarks of Mr. Stewart at the Albany Convention | | Date Published: | 1840-12-26 | | Notes: | Speech given at the opening of the Albany Convention with emphasis placed on the political and civil rights of free people of color. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Smith, James McCune, 1813-1865 | | Newspaper: | Presscopy -- Congregational Library -- Boston, Massachusetts -- Anti-Slavery Pamphlets | | Title: | A Lecture on the Haytien Revolutions; with a Sketch of the Character of Toussaint L'Ouverture | | Date Published: | 1841 | | Notes: | A lecture on the history of the Haytian Revolutions with a "character sketch" of Toussaint L'Ouverture given to benefit the Colored Orphan Asylum. The lecture outlines the class structure in Hayti and the timeline leading up to the revolutions from 1791 through 1803. (Speeches 06086, 06136, 06196, 06220, 06242, 06269, and 06309 are duplicates of this speech.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Paul, Thomas, fl. 1841 | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | Speech of Thomas Paul, a colored student of Dartmouth College, Delivered before the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, January 27th, 1841, in the Representatives' Hall, Boston | | Date Published: | 1841-02-19 | | Notes: | Speech regarding abolition and the role of the abolitionist with an emphasis on reforming the social situation of the African American citizen. The speaker is appalled by the injustices of slavery and man's inhumanity to man. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Whitfield, James Monroe, 1822-1871 | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Title: | Extracts from an Eulogy Delivered before the Buffalo Library Association Upon the Life and Character of the Late Thomas Harris, by J. M. Whitfield | | Date Published: | 1841-03-27 | | Notes: | Eulogy given before the Buffalo Library Association for Thomas Harris highlighting his life and character. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-04-10 | | Notes: | The writer replies to an article in the American Citizen newspaper indicating that fugitives are being aided in their escape to Canada. He says that the belief that African Americans who succeed in other countries will reflect positively on those left in the U.S. is just another scam to realize the goals of Colonization. He wonders why it's necessary for African Americans to leave their home country to show their own worth when they can do this now where they are. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-04-17 | | Notes: | Brief note alerting readers to the current legal question in Kentucky of whether a law prohibiting slaves from entering the state is unconstitutional. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-04-17 | | Notes: | Short note alerting readers to an area of Wisconsin that has accepted the Indians who are farming there as citizens. The editor urges his readers to immigrate to this state, buy land and take up farming there. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-04-17 | | Notes: | The writer comments on the irony in the actions of those who band together as Republicans in Tammany Hall. They promise justice, equality, and fairness, yet deliver only corruption and prejudice. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-04-17 | | Notes: | To commemorate the recent death in office of William Henry Harrison, a national day of fasting and prayer is proclaimed and set to take place on May 14th. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-04-17 | | Notes: | The writer tells his readers that the system of slavery has left a legacy through generations of social separation of the American people. Only by improving themselves morally, physically, and socially will African Americans overcome this racial prejudice based in a history of slavery's injustice and inhumanity. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-04-17 | | Notes: | Brief but vivid description of the funeral in New York City for William Henry Harrison. The writer emphasized the lack of caste distinction in the crowds that gathered to watch the procession, as everyone stood together for this national day of mourning. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-04-24 | | Notes: | The writer alerts his readers to what he perceives to be a hoax to trick African Americans to immigrate to Liberia. A letter published in another newspaper tells readers a new society of African Americans is forming to facilitate this action. The writer believes this is a ploy by the American Colonization Society to realize its goals. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-04-24 | | Notes: | The writer tells his readers that the only way for African Americans to find a better place in society is through "elevation" and improvement through a strong morality, education, and commitment to the cause of freedom. He emphasizes that these goals can only succeed if all African Americans work together. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-04-24 | | Notes: | The writer alerts his readers to a paper that is being circulated by an unknown author who says he is African American. The paper urges all African Americans to move to Oregon and petition Congress to set aside an area of this territory for an African American settlement. The writer tells his readers that this is evidently either a ploy to get African Americans to leave the city or a misguided person's ramblings. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-04-24 | | Notes: | The writer comments on an article published in another newspaper by J.W.C. Pennington regarding the return to Africa of the Amistad captives. Dr. Pennington sees this as an opportunity to further his missionary work in Africa by using this incident to gain attention for his cause. The writer hopes that instead the people of this country will see the error in the Colonization efforts that Pennington supports. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-04-24 | | Notes: | The writer reports on the outcome of a recent convention in Ohio, and adds comments on activities taking place in that state concerning African American organizations. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-05-01 | | Notes: | The editor passes along a warning to a man named Fred Roberts (evidently a fugitive slave) that a kidnapper is in the state looking for him. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-05-01 | | Notes: | The writer tells his readers that the key to a successful life is to maintain a focus on continued learning. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-05-01 | | Notes: | The writer comments on an upcoming meeting to determine what to do to help the Amistad captives while they remain in this country. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-05-01 | | Notes: | The writer asks how much longer the gambling establishments (known as "money exchanges") will be allowed to continue operation. From what he's discovered, the main customers of these places are African Americans; and gambling this way simply drains their hard earned pay. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-05-08 | | Notes: | The writer recommends to his readers an institution established for retired African American seamen. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-05-08 | | Notes: | The writer shares with his readers the current status of a proposed amendment to the Constitution which would allow all citizens to vote regardless of color. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-05-08 | | Notes: | Although anti-slavery organizations may not agree on the details of how slavery should be abolished, the writer assures his readers that this movement towards freedom is alive and well. The principles of the abolition movement remain strongly supported despite rumors to the contrary. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-05-08 | | Notes: | Brief announcement of upcoming meetings to celebrate the anniversaries of two major anti-slavery societies. (Included is a very brief mention of a meeting of the "liberated Africans," which refers to the Amistad captives.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-05-08 | | Notes: | The writer gives his reasons for the position the Colored American newspaper takes in opposing a proposed National Convention of African Americans. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-05-08 | | Notes: | The writer responds to a negative article in another newspaper regarding the conditions in the West Indies after emancipation. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-05-15 | | Notes: | The writer continues his series of objectives for the success and betterment of the race. This installment deals with how to create a better moral character and self-worth. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Beman, Amos Gerry, 1812-1874 | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Title: | Speech of Rev. Amos G. Beman at the Anniversary of the Vigilance Committee | | Date Published: | 1841-05-22 | | Notes: | Speech regarding the principles, goals and value of the New York Committee of Vigilance in its assistance to people of color. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-05-22 | | Notes: | Brief account of a situation in Ohio where three white men went on trial for kidnapping and selling into slavery a black man. The men could not be convicted since the only witness against them was African American. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-05-22 | | Notes: | The writer shares with his readers a recent decision by the Supreme Court in Ohio establishing that any slave brought into the state is automatically declared free. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-05-22 | | Notes: | The writer provides an overview of two recent meetings with the freed Amistad captives to raise funds for their continued education and eventual trip home. The meetings offered audiences a cultural understanding of the "liberated Africans'" native country, as well as an example of their progress while living in this country. The hope is that a mission can be established in Africa involving these liberated captives. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-05-29 | | Notes: | The writer responds to a comment made by Thomas Van Rensselaer that the free African American people are pro-slavery and "priest-ridden." |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-05-29 | | Notes: | The writer continues his series on suggestions for racial improvement. He suggests in this segment that a focus on industry, business, property ownership, and frugality are the best ways to gain wealth. But he cautions that the focus on wealth should not supercede the focus on character and morality. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-05-29 | | Notes: | Brief announcement that slavery is to be abolished in the French colonies. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-06-12 | | Notes: | Now that the convention in Albany is over, the writer asks what next. The convention demonstrated what can be accomplished when African Americans pull together for a cause. He suggests another convention may be needed to continue the work towards freedom. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-06-12 | | Notes: | Brief account of a ship's mate who is being held in Boston on a charge of kidnapping a free African American and holding him in irons on board a Boston ship. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-06-12 | | Notes: | The editor appeals to his readers for financial help to continue publication of the newspaper. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-06-12 | | Notes: | Brief announcement that Congress will invite each Free State to send one representative of their African American population to represent the free people of color in Congressional decision-making. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-06-12 | | Notes: | Brief update on recent work towards suffrage for African Americans in Connecticut. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-06-19 | | Notes: | The writer alerts his readers to another convention to be held to continue the work sparked by the previous one. Only by working together and by reinforcing this union can African Americans succeed in their quest for freedom. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-06-19 | | Notes: | Brief comment on an article in a Catholic newspaper predicting that slavery would surely end soon. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-06-19 | | Notes: | The writer comments on an article published in the Western Christian Advocate newspaper explaining why the editor is not an abolitionist. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-06-19 | | Notes: | The writer shares the recent story of an African American man who was ordered out of a first class railroad car even though he had paid for his seat there. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-06-19 | | Notes: | The writer comments on an upcoming convention of Colonizationists to be held in Baltimore. Although this is ostensibly a religious based convention, the goal is to urge African Americans to leave the state. The writer shares one resolution warning those who stay that the members of the convention can't be held responsible for the consequences of such a choice. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-06-26 | | Notes: | The writer continues his series on the subjects of improvement and the elevation of the race. He gives advice on how to achieve financial security through hard work and a focus on accumulating wealth. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-06-26 | | Notes: | Brief account of a slaveholder who accidently shot his wife while loading his gun to shoot his runaway slave. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-07-17 | | Notes: | The writer comments on recent conventions being held throughout the country. These convention unite African Americans in the work towards abolition. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-07-24 | | Notes: | The editor gives a brief overview of a publication from a literary society in Philadelphia. |
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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: | H. | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-07-31 | | Notes: | The writer encourages his readers to not waste money on extravagant funerals. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-07-31 | | Notes: | The writer gives a brief overview of a grocery association run by African American women. |
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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: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-08-07 | | Notes: | In an effort to encourage attendance at a convention in Troy, New York, one organizer suggested that attendees bring their wives. The writer responds to this suggestion saying that he doesn't believe this is a good idea. |
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| Speaker or Author: | J. | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-08-14 | | Notes: | The writer gives a brief overview of three upcoming conventions. |
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| Speaker or Author: | L. | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-08-14 | | Notes: | The writer responds to an article from the New Era newspaper describing the poor condition of fugitive slaves living in Canada. The writer emphasizes that contrary to what the article says, living in poverty is preferable to living as a slave. |
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| Speaker or Author: | J. | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-08-21 | | Notes: | The writer urges his readers to ensure that their children attend public schools. |
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| Speaker or Author: | J. | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-08-21 | | Notes: | The writer alerts his readers to land for sale in Ohio at a reasonable cost. |
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| Speaker or Author: | H. | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-08-28 | | Notes: | The writer points out that each era is distinguished by the overall important events and human advancement that occur during its timeframe. |
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| Speaker or Author: | W. | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-08-28 | | Notes: | Tensions between the north and south, issues with suitable discussion topics in Congress, and a war in Florida involving capturing runaway slaves have all put a halt to the forming of a national bank. The writer notes that the cost of these slavery-related events is undermining the country's progress. He emphasizes that the slave states don't produce more than they consume in this respect. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-09-04 | | Notes: | The writer related the status of a proposal made during the Troy Convention that attendees send $1 each to help the Colored American newspaper stay in publication. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-09-04 | | Notes: | The editor describes his experiences with racial prejudice on public transportation while traveling to Massachusetts. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-09-04 | | Notes: | The writer provided an overview of the recent Troy Convention. Several prominent African American leaders attended and the convention was considered a great success. The writer pointed out that a decision was made during the convention to aid the Colored American newspaper to help keep it in publication. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-09-04 | | Notes: | The writer comments on the recent rejection of a presidential nominee to a government position based on his anti-slavery sentiments. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-09-04 | | Notes: | The writer comments on a recent convention of a newly formed organization. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-09-04 | | Notes: | The writer responds to an article published in another newspaper advising some steamboat companies to stop employing free African Americans since the fear is that they will "incite" slaves to runaway. The article advises that the only "safe" choice free African Americans have is colonization. The writer suggests that what has been overlooked in this point of view is the option to abolish slavery which makes more sense than colonization. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-09-04 | | Notes: | The writer alerts his readers to the sale of a steel engraving of their late pastor that is now available. |
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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: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-09-11 | | Notes: | The writer offers corrections to errors he discovered in an article published in the Journal of Education regarding the Troy Convention. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-09-11 | | Notes: | The writer comments on recent events in Mississippi where 50 to 70 men have been put to death for various crimes including counterfeiting and gambling. |
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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: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-09-11 | | Notes: | The writer gives a brief overview of the first issue of a new monthly magazine devoted to literature, art, and science. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-09-18 | | Notes: | The writer offers commentary on the recent three month extended session of Congress. He tells his readers that while strides are being made in the struggle for equal rights, there are growing tensions between northern and southern alliances in Congress. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-09-18 | | Notes: | The writer describes a riot in Ohio between African Americans and a mob of white citizens that ended in death and destruction of property. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-09-18 | | Notes: | The writer offers an overview of a recent convention describing it as a great failure and disappointment to those who attended. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-09-18 | | Notes: | The writer urges his readers to take action and petition the government for suffrage rights. |
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| Speaker or Author: | H. | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-09-18 | | Notes: | The writer offers a witty commentary on a recent issue of the Demosthenian Shield newspaper. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-09-18 | | Notes: | The editor responds with feigned insult to the news that the Colored American newspaper had been officially disapproved by a majority in a committee of 12 voters at the Conference of Disfranchised Commissioners. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-09-25 | | Notes: | The writer gives a brief overview of the African Methodist Episcopal Church magazine. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-09-25 | | Notes: | The editor comments on an article regarding the recent extra session in Congress published in the New York Sun. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-09-25 | | Notes: | The writer comments on an article published in the New York Sun saying that prominent African Americans in Cincinnati, Ohio have chosen to immigrate to Liberia after the recent mob violence in Cincinnati. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Cooper, Frisby | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Title: | First of August in Wilmington. | | Date Published: | 1841-09-25 | | Notes: | Speech given by 11 year old Frisby Cooper, president of the Juvenile Total Abstinence Association on the August 1st anniversary celebration of the emancipation of the British West Indies. Emphasis is placed on the evils of alcohol and its negative effect on the moral advancement of people of color. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-09-25 | | Notes: | The writer informs his readers that the scheduled date for the Connecticut State Temperance Convention has been changed. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-10-02 | | Notes: | The writer offers his views on the Liberty Party and its current place in politics. He suggests to his readers that the Liberty Party is worth joining. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-10-02 | | Notes: | The writer reports on Joseph John Gurney's visit to France, and gives a general overview of his efforts in the work towrads universal emancipation. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-10-02 | | Notes: | The writer briefly reports on recent events in Liberia, Africa. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-10-02 | | Notes: | The writer warns his readers not to be taken in by the promises of Colonization. He emphasizes the missionary work of George S. Brown who, when he could not convert the native Africans to Christianity, killed them en mass and then bragged about doing so. Now this same missionary is attempting to persuade free African Americans to immigrate to Liberia. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-10-02 | | Notes: | The editor again asks his readers for financial assistance in order to help the newspaper stay in publication. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-10-02 | | Notes: | The writer gives an overview of the annual meeting of the New York Anti-Slavery Society held in Utica. The meeting was well received and a great success. Issues addressed were independent political action and "Church action." |
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| Speaker or Author: | Nell, William C. (William Cooper), 1816-1874. | | Newspaper: | National Anti-Slavery Standard | | Title: | Speech of William C. Nell, Delivered before the First Annual Convention of the "American Reform Board of Disfranchised Commissioners" | | Date Published: | 1841-10-07 | | Notes: | Speech encouraging education and emphasizing the benefits of knowledge as a way toward the social and moral improvement in the lives of the free people of color. The speaker also encouraged the development of societies which would unite people and help them realize these goals. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-10-09 | | Notes: | The writer gives an overview of the responsibilities of the newly formed county committees set up by a recent state convention. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842 | | Date Published: | 1841-10-09 | | Notes: | The editor explains the current status of the newspaper's debt. He asks those who owe for their subscriptions to pay them now, and those who can afford to help financially to do so now. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-10-09 | | Notes: | The writer provides an update on the status of the Amistad captives who are set to return to Africa in the fall. He asks for donations to help fund the journey. Plans include missionaries who will accompany them and help establish a mission in their honor in Africa. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored Amercian (1877 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-10-09 | | Notes: | Brief note from the editor apologizing for a lack of editorial variety in the upcoming issues. He explains that the newspaper must concentrate on their financial debt. Donations would be most welcomed at this point. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-10-15 | | Notes: | The writer shares an article published in a Christian newspaper recounting the ordination of a African American minister. The writer emphasized the cooperation and welcome the minister received from a mixed racial congregation. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored Amerian (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-10-16 | | Notes: | The editor responds to a letter accusing the attendees at a recent convention of changing their views and convictions. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-10-16 | | Notes: | The writer responds to a request for the newspaper's views on topics discussed at the recent National Convention. He mentions in this response that if the newspaper continues (which he doubts) that more commentary on these topics will follow in another issue. |
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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: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-10-30 | | Notes: | The editor comments on an amendment to the state constitution of Rhode Island regarding free suffrage rights to male citizens that would only be approved if the word "white" was added, thereby instantly disfranchising all African American men in that state. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-10-30 | | Notes: | The editor encourages his readers to exercise their right to vote. He tells them to vote for the person who will best represent the race and not be swayed otherwise by those who attempt to do so. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-10-30 | | Notes: | The editor gives an account of the current status of the newspaper's financial debt. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-10-30 | | Notes: | The editor gives commentary on a recent week-long convention held in New York City. He emphasizes that one resolution received more attention than others and he details how the voting on this issue went, but he refrains from mentioning what this one issue was. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-10-30 | | Notes: | The editor gives a brief explanation of why the newspaper was not issued the previous week. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-11-13 | | Notes: | The writer comments on a story from Georgia in which a man is said to have "stolen" a female slave. The governors of Georgia and New York debated Georgia's obligation under Federal law and the recently passed "Jury Trial Law" that impacts the outcome of this case. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-11-13 | | Notes: | The writer encourages his readers to use the upcoming season for intellectual pursuits and to avoid the gambling houses. He tells his readers that lectures will be available to the public during the upcoming months. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-11-13 | | Notes: | The writer comments on a pamphlet published by a woman who recently returned from Jamaica. The writer of the pamphlet, along with the American Consul and the editor of the Liberator newspaper all agree that immigrating to the West Indies is an unwise choice for African Americans. |
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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: | Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873 | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | Hibernian Anti-Slavery Society | | Date Published: | 1841-11-19 | | Notes: | Speech given before a meeting of the Hibernian Anti-Slavery Society regarding the continued injustices and horrors of American slavery, and how this is perceived by people in other countries. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-11-20 | | Notes: | The editor provides a brief update on the situation involving the return of the Amistad captives to Africa; the status of the treaty with Spain and Cuba; and the recognition of the independence of Texas from Mexico. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-11-20 | | Notes: | The writer responds to a remark made by Col. Webb about the participation of African Americans in the recent election. (At the end of this editorial, the writer mentions Jonathan Cilley who was killed in a duel Col. Webb was responsible for instigating.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-11-20 | | Notes: | The writer responds to a circular attempting to block the election of Roger Baldwin by saying that he employed an African American in his business. Mr. Baldwin admitted that this was true, but this fact did not stand in the way of his election. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-11-20 | | Notes: | The writer offers commentary on the political changes brought about after the recent election. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-11-20 | | Notes: | The writer encourages his readers to send their children to Oberline College (or attend themselves). He provides financial information on the yearly cost of attending the college. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-11-20 | | Notes: | The editor tells his readers that while President Tyler does hold two slaves, he has a staff of African American servants who are paid an annual salary for their work. This is the first president to hire an African American as his head butler. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-12-04 | | Notes: | The writer provides an overview of the days leading up to the departure of the Amistad captives for their return trip to Africa. Traveling with them are missionaries who will establish a mission in Africa in honor of the captives. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-12-04 | | Notes: | The writer asks why the Washington Temperance Society in their moral efforts to save the lowly inebriate from ruin focus only on the white men in this state. He vows that African Americans will soon address this issue among their own race and ask the temperance societies for assistance in this cause. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-12-04 | | Notes: | The editor provides an update on the current financial situation of the Colored American. The newspaper may not be in print much longer. He again asks for financial assistance from his readers. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-12-25 | | Notes: | The writer relates a recent incident in which slaves aboard a ship bound to New Orleans from Virginia took over the ship and escaped to Great Britain. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-12-25 | | Notes: | The writer provides a brief overview of recent Temperance meetings. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1841-12-25 | | Notes: | The writer shares the story of a young girl's flight from slavery to freedom. |
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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: | Crummell, Alexander, 1819-1898 | | Newspaper: | AD -- New York Public Library -- Schomburg Collection | | Title: | Spiritual Improvement | | Date Published: | 1842 | | Notes: | -- Copyright Permission Granted September 2007 -- Handwritten sermon on spiritual improvement for the people of color with a strong emphasis on Christian moral ethics. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Purvis, Robert, 1810-1898 | | Newspaper: | Presscopy -- Historical Society of Pennsylvania -- Gardiner Collection | | Title: | Remarks on the Life and Character of James Forten | | Date Published: | 1842 | | Notes: | Eulogy for James Forten with an emphasis on his life accomplishments and character. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Gloucester, Stephen H. | | Newspaper: | Presscopy -- Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia -- Anti-Slavery Pamphlets | | Title: | A Discourse Delivered on the Occasion of the Death of Mr. James Forten, Sr. | | Date Published: | 1842 | | Notes: | Eulogy given regarding the life and character of James Forten, Sr. |
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| Speaker or Author: | S. | | Newspaper: | Northern Star and Freemen's Advocate (1842 – 18??) | | Date Published: | 1842-02-03 | | Notes: | The writer alerts his readers to the fact that even though the slave trade is now illegal, slaves continue to be transported from Africa to the U.S. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Northern Star and Freemen's Advocate (1842 – 18??) | | Date Published: | 1842-02-03 | | Notes: | The editor thanks his readers for their continued support of this publication. He emphasizes how important newspapers such as this are to African Americans. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Northern Star and Freemen's Advocate (1842 – 18??) | | Date Published: | 1842-02-10 | | Notes: | The writer emphasizes the importance of education, but cautions his readers that self-education is not easy. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Northern Star and Freemen's Advocate (1842 - 18??) | | Date Published: | 1842-02-10 | | Notes: | The writer laments the lack of schools available to the children of the poor. |
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| Speaker or Author: | M. | | Newspaper: | Northern Star and Freemen's Advocate (1842 - 18??) | | Date Published: | 1842-02-10 | | Notes: | The writer encourages his readers to attend a Temperance meeting to be held that evening. |
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| Speaker or Author: | M. | | Newspaper: | Northern Star and Freemen's Advocate (1842 - 18??) | | Date Published: | 1842-02-10 | | Notes: | The writer offers commentary on the current condition of African Americans. He notes an improvement in literacy, morality, and general well-being. |
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| Speaker or Author: | B. (with remarks by M.) | | Newspaper: | Northern Star and Freemen's Advocate (1842 - 18??) | | Title: | An Address to Colored Young Men. | | Date Published: | 1842-02-17 | | Notes: | Both writers offer commentary on the dangers of drinking intoxicating beverages. They urge their readers toward Temperance, abstinence, and morality. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873 | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | Remarks of Charles Lenox Remond, Before the Legislative Committee in the House of Representatives, respecting the rights of colored citizens in travelling, &c. | | Date Published: | 1842-02-25 | | Notes: | Address given before the Legislative Committee in the House of Representatives regarding "the rights of colored citizens when traveling" and civil rights in general. |
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| Speaker or Author: | M. | | Newspaper: | Northern Star and Freemen's Advocate (1842 - 18??) | | Date Published: | 1842-03-03 | | Notes: | The writer notes the inconsistencies in what those who profess to be abolitionists do and say. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Garnet, Henry Highland, 1815-1882. | | Newspaper: | Emancipator | | Title: | Mass Liberty Party Convention | | Date Published: | 1842-03-04 | | Notes: | Speech encouraging the continued efforts of the Liberty Party of Massachusetts in their fight for the abolition of slavery. Mr. Garnet expressed that his speech was "...to show future generations the course we pursued in 1842; they will award to us consistency in our conduct, honesty of purpose, and entire devotedness to the cause of holy and impartial freedom." |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Northern Star and Freemen's Advocate (1842 - 18??) | | Date Published: | 1842-03-10 | | Notes: | The editor responds to a letter from a reader and advertiser asking to be removed from participating in the newspaper's publication. The editor assumes this letter was inspired by his comments that slaveholders must make provisions for emancipated slaves. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Northern Star and Freemen's Advocate (1842 - 18??) | | Date Published: | 1842-03-10 | | Notes: | The writer addresses those he believes have set out to malign the newspaper with "insinuations" that the editor is pro-Colonization. He believes this is just another effort to discredit the newspaper. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Northern Star and Freemen's Advocate (1842 - 18??) | | Date Published: | 1842-03-10 | | Notes: | The editor shares with his readers incidents of injustice pertaining to oppresssive laws regarding African Americans in Alabama and Maryland. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Northern Star and Freemen's Advocate (1842 - 18??) | | Date Published: | 1842-03-17 | | Notes: | The writer expresses his ideas that emancipation is eminent. History has provided an example of how to do this so that all concern benefit. In order to avoid a civil war, now is the time to prepare for emancipation of the slaves. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Northern Star and Freemen's Advocate (1842 - 18??) | | Date Published: | 1842-03-17 | | Notes: | The writer comments on a recent Supreme Court decision that threatens the freedom of the free African Americans living in New York. The law seems to deny protection to African Americans in situations where they can be sold into slavery. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Northern Star and Freemen's Advocate (1842 - 18??) | | Date Published: | 1842-03-31 | | Notes: | The writer addresses the concerns of his critic from the Tocsin of Liberty newspaper regarding his ideas on emancipation. The writer emphasizes the necessity of a plan for emancipating the slaves in order to avoid potential problems. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Northern Star and Freemen's Advocate (1842 - 18??) | | Date Published: | 1842-03-31 | | Notes: | The writer responds to criticism he received regarding his recent editorial on the discrepancies he's noticed between what abolitionists say and what they actually do with regard to helping African Americans. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Northern Star and Freemen's Advocate (1842 - 18??) | | Date Published: | 1842-04-07 | | Notes: | The writer offers commentary on the current trend towards abstinence of drinking alcohol and aligning with the ideas of the Temperance movement among African Americans. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Northern Star and Freemen's Advocate (1842 - 18??) | | Date Published: | 1842-04-14 | | Notes: | The writer tells his readers that he's discovered from a reliable source that two African American men are attempting to get people to add their names to a paper discrediting the Northern Star and Freemen's Advocate newspaper. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Northern Star and Freemen's Advocate (1842 - 18??) | | Title: | In Assembly, March 29, 1842. | | Date Published: | 1842-04-14 | | Notes: | The writer comments on a report written by politician John Cramer regarding extending the right to vote to African Americans. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Lane, Lunsford, b. 1803. | | Newspaper: | Western Citizen | | Title: | Lunsford Lane and His Emancipated Family | | Date Published: | 1842-08-05 | | Notes: | Speech given by Lunsford Lane describing how he purchased his family from slavery. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Jones, Josiah, abolitionist | | Newspaper: | Western Herald | | Title: | The Darkies' Celebration | | Date Published: | 1842-08-11 | | Notes: | Speech given during an anniversary celebration of the emancipation of the British West Indies by African American troops stationed in Chatham, Australia. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Myers, Stephen | | Newspaper: | Northern Star and Freemen's Advocate (1842 - 18??) | | Date Published: | 1842-12-08 | | Notes: | The editor responds to his critics. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Northern Star and Freemen's Advocate (1842 - 18??) | | Date Published: | 1842-12-08 | | Notes: | The editor addresses libelous comments published in the Tocsin of Liberty newspaper. |
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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: | Davis, Samuel H. | | Newspaper: | Presscopy -- Bell, Ed. Minutes and Proceedings of the National Negro Conventions | | Title: | Minutes of the National Convention of Colored Citizens Held at Buffalo on the 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th of August, 1843. For the Purpose of Considering Their Moral and Political Condition as American Citizens. | | Date Published: | 1843 | | Notes: | Excerpt of lengthy speech delivered before the National Convention of Colored Citizens held at Buffalo, New York. The speech addresses issues of slavery, abolition, and the plight of free African Americans. The speaker said he wished not to focus on grievances but rather on how all Americans of every race can live together better. Emphasis is placed on the moral and political condition of African Americans at that time. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Northern Star and Freemen's Advocate (1842 - 18??) | | Date Published: | 1843-01-02 | | Notes: | The writer stresses the importance of education for African Americans. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Northern Star and Freemen's Advocate (1842 - 18??) | | Date Published: | 1843-01-02 | | Notes: | The writer urges his readers to sign a petition to eliminate slavery in New York state. He assures them that the newspaper will continue to do all it can to assist fugitive slaves traveling to Canada. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Clarke, Lewis Garrard, 1812-1897 | | Newspaper: | Signal of Liberty | | Title: | A White Slave's Experience | | Date Published: | 1843-01-09 | | Notes: | Narrative about one man's experience as a slave in Kentucky. |
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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: | 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: | 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: | Pennington, James W. C. | | Newspaper: | NonConformist | | Title: | Complete Suffrage Soiree in Finsbury | | Date Published: | 1843-06-28 | | Notes: | Speech given in England before a fund raising suffrage meeting emphasizing that distinguishing between black and white skin color was an "insult to common sense." |
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| Speaker or Author: | Pennington, James W. C. | | Newspaper: | Anti-Slavery Reporter | | Date Published: | 1843-06-28 | | Notes: | Speech given in protest of the British idea for people to immigrate from Africa to the West Indies to work in that country. The speaker argued that this was just another form of slavery under the guise of immigration. (Speech 06979 is a duplicate of this speech.) |
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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: | Beman, Jehiel C. | | 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, with emphasis placed on the continued slavery of millions of human beings in the U.S. (Includes MP3 audio file.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873 | | Newspaper: | National Anti-Slavery Standard | | Title: | Anti-Slavery Convention | | Date Published: | 1843-09-07 | | Notes: | Passionate speech given at the anti-slavery convention held in Albany, N.Y. regarding the condition of the slave in the U.S. Emphasis placed on the influence of the Church and government legislation in the continuation of the institution of slavery. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Garnet, Henry Highland, 1815-1882. | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | The Colored Convention | | Date Published: | 1843-09-08 | | Notes: | Impassioned speech calling slaves to protest slavery through active resistance to their masters' commands. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Pennington, James W. C. | | Newspaper: | Emancipator | | Title: | Reception of the Rev. J. W. C. Pennington (a colored minister, and pastor of the Colored Congregational Church at Hartford, in Connecticut, U.S., on his visit to England), at Surrey Chapel. | | Date Published: | 1843-09-14 | | Notes: | A brief synopsis of a speech given by J. W. C. Pennington at a reception given to welcome him back from England. Emphasis was placed on the freedom enjoyed by people of color in England that was not available in the U.S. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Pennington, James W. C. | | Newspaper: | Emancipator | | Title: | Peace Society | | Date Published: | 1843-10-26 | | Notes: | Speech comparing the doctrines of Christianity with the doctrines of war. War used as a metaphor for the continued fight against slavery. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Pennington, James W. C. | | Newspaper: | Christian Freeman | | Title: | Debates in the Anti-Slavery Convention held at Middletown, October 18th and 19th, 1843. | | Date Published: | 1843-11-02 | | Notes: | Speech given on the injustices and prejudices against people of color in the Christian churches with emphasis placed on how this treatment is not in accordance with Christian teaching. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Palladium of Liberty (1843 - 1844) | | Date Published: | 1843-12-27 | | Notes: | The editor calls for a united effort in the fight against oppression of the race. He also asks his readers to send in letters to be published in the newspaper that will aid in this unity of purpose. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Crummell, Alexander, 1819-1898 | | Newspaper: | AD -- New York Public Library -- Schomburg Collection | | Title: | The Necessities and Advantages of Education Considered in relation to Colored Men | | Date Published: | 1844 | | Notes: | -- Copyright Permission Granted September 2007 -- Handwritten speech regarding the importance of education for the advancement of the free people of color. The speaker noted that the speech is offered "As a Testimonial of respect for Talent, Worth, and Nobleness of Character." Includes original editing and omissions. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Palladium of Liberty (1843 - 1844) | | Date Published: | 1844-02-14 | | Notes: | The writer comments on the state regulations placed on African Americans and those of mixed race. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Palladium of Liberty (1843 - 1844) | | Date Published: | 1844-02-21 | | Notes: | The writer asks those who make excuses for not working for abolition what it will take for them to rally behind this important cause and help to end slavery. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873 | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | Higginson Hall | | Date Published: | 1844-02-23 | | Notes: | Brief accounting of a short speech given at the dedication of Higginson Hall in Salem, Massachusetts. Mr. Remond discussed the issues of liberty, oppression, and civil rights. He told of being forced to ride in an open railroad car on his journey in winter due to racial prejudice. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Palladium of Liberty (1843 - 1844) | | Title: | Huzza for Michigan. | | Date Published: | 1844-02-28 | | Notes: | The writer comments on the restricting laws of Ohio regarding African Americans living in that state. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Palladium of Liberty (1843 - 1844) | | Date Published: | 1844-02-28 | | Notes: | The writer briefly comments on the recent suicide of Governor Reynolds of Missouri. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Palladium of Liberty (1843 - 1844) | | Date Published: | 1844-02-28 | | Notes: | The writer comments on a petition sent by a citizen of Ohio attempting to prevent people of mixed race to vote and/or participate in the school fund. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Jenkins, David | | Newspaper: | Palladium of Liberty (1843 - 1844) | | Date Published: | 1844-03-20 | | Notes: | Brief speech on legislation that taxed African Americans but didn't offer them any of the benefits of this taxation. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Palladium of Liberty (1843 - 1844) | | Date Published: | 1844-03-27 | | Notes: | The writer comments on the news that Cassius M. Clay is about to emancipate all of his slaves. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Palladium of Liberty (1843 - 1844) | | Date Published: | 1844-03-27 | | Notes: | The editor responds to the editor of the Clarksonian newspaper who had corrected the grammar of the Palladium of Liberty. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Palladium of Liberty (1843 - 1844) | | Date Published: | 1844-04-03 | | Notes: | The writer comments on a recent incident in which an African American man was beaten to death by a gang of white thugs. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Palladium of Liberty (1843 - 1844) | | Date Published: | 1844-04-10 | | Notes: | The writer admonishes the parents among his readers who allow their children to roam the streets without sending them to school or at least directing them to learn a trade. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Vashon, George Boyer, 1824-1878 | | Newspaper: | Oberlin Evangelist | | Title: | Conservation and Change | | Date Published: | 1844-04-10 | | Notes: | Verbose speech on character and quality of life given at the "Monthly Rhetorical Exercises of the College Department" when Vashon was a member of the senior class at Oberlin College. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Palladium of Liberty (1843 - 1844) | | Date Published: | 1844-04-17 | | Notes: | The writer urges his readers to send their children to school or to at least encourage them to learn a trade. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Palladium of Liberty (1843 - 1844) | | Date Published: | 1844-04-24 | | Notes: | The writer responds to a dispute regarding a previous article published on the question of "free school." |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Palladium of Liberty (1843 - 1844) | | Title: | John Wesley's Opinion on Slavery. | | Date Published: | 1844-04-24 | | Notes: | The writer comments on a quote by John Wesley on liberty and freedom. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Palladium of Liberty (1843 - 1844) | | Date Published: | 1844-05-01 | | Notes: | The writer continues his debate regarding "common school" education for African American children in Ohio. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Palladium of Liberty (1843 - 1844) | | Date Published: | 1844-05-08 | | Notes: | The writer briefly comments on the idea currently before Congress of dividing Florida into two territories. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Palladium of Liberty (1843 - 1844) | | Date Published: | 1844-05-15 | | Notes: | The writer comments on letters received from presidential candidates who all opppose the annexation of Texas. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Palladium of Liberty (1843 - 1844) | | Date Published: | 1844-05-15 | | Notes: | The writer comments briefly on a recent edition of Dr. Martin R. Delany's newspaper, "Mystery." |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Palladium of Liberty (1843 - 1844) | | Date Published: | 1844-05-22 | | Notes: | The writer comments on the opinions of John C. Calhoun and Daniel O'Connell on the subjects of freedom and liberty for both the Irish and the American slaves. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Palladium of Liberty (1843 - 1844) | | Date Published: | 1844-05-22 | | Notes: | The writer alerts his readers to the preparations already being made to celebrate the August 1st anniversary of the emancipation of the British West Indies. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Palladium of Liberty (1843 - 1844) | | Date Published: | 1844-05-22 | | Notes: | The writer provides a brief commentary on the various political parties involved in this year's presidential election. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Palladium of Liberty (1843 - 1844) | | Date Published: | 1844-05-29 | | Notes: | The writer discusses the recent Baptist debate on whether slavery is sanctioned in the Bible. The conflict then becomes whether to pray against something that seems sanctioned by God. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Palladium of Liberty (1843 - 1844) | | Date Published: | 1844-05-29 | | Notes: | The writer comments on the educational promises of Congressman Henry A. Wise of Virginia. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Palladium of Liberty (1843 - 1844) | | Date Published: | 1844-06-12 | | Notes: | The writer comments on the current political debate regarding the annexation of Texas. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Palladium of Liberty (1843 - 1844) | | Date Published: | 1844-06-12 | | Notes: | The writer acknowledges the ongoing debate among African American newspaper editors regarding the issue of "common schools." |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Palladium of Liberty (1843 - 1844) | | Date Published: | 1844-06-12 | | Notes: | The writer comments on a state law that provides for the education of white children only. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Smith, N. | | Newspaper: | Palladium of Liberty (1843 - 1844) | | Title: | Temperance Address Delivered at a meeting of the Temperance Society at Circleville, by N. Smith of Lancaster, May 27 | | Date Published: | 1844-06-19 | | Notes: | Temperance speech comparing the addiction to alcohol with slavery. Emphasis is place on the idea that slavery is just as much an enemy to human health as alcohol is. (Last page of speech is missing in original and therefore in this version.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Palladium of Liberty (1843 - 1844) | | Date Published: | 1844-06-26 | | Notes: | The writer responds to a recent edition of the Warsaw Signal newspaper, and the religious unrest taking place among the Mormon population. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Palladium of Liberty (1843 - 1844) | | Date Published: | 1844-06-26 | | Notes: | The writer comments on a recent incident regarding a battle between a slave ship flying American colors and a British vessel. The slave ship had escaped but was soon taken into custody by an American vessel. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Palladium of Liberty (1843 - 1844) | | Date Published: | 1844-07-03 | | Notes: | The writer questions the stated policy of stage coach companies that claim to allow African American passengers if their white passengers don't mind. He notes a recent incidence when an African American man was asked to leave the coach when none of the other passengers complained. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Palladium of Liberty (1843 - 1844) | | Date Published: | 1844-07-03 | | Notes: | The writer questions the safety of city residents after a man was beaten to death in his home by another man after a quarrel between the two. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Palladium of Liberty (1843 - 1844) | | Date Published: | 1844-07-10 | | Notes: | The writer briefly comments on reports of recent activities of members of the Liberty Party. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Palladium of Liberty (1843 - 1844) | | Date Published: | 1844-07-10 | | Notes: | A convention was held to address the issue of state prisons performing work that mechanics now do (and thus taking jobs). The writer asks if this solidarity of mechanical workers applies to African American mechanics as well. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Palladium of Liberty (1843 - 1844) | | Title: | An Instult to the People of the North. | | Date Published: | 1844-07-17 | | Notes: | The writer comments on a recent speech delivered by George McDuffie emphasizing the deterioration of life in the southern states. In this, McDuffie seems to pit the economic conditions of the Northern and Southern states against each other. |
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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: | Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873 | | Newspaper: | National Anti-Slavery Standard | | Date Published: | 1844-08-01 | | Notes: | Speech addressing the successes and failures of the anti-slavery movements. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873 | | Newspaper: | National Anti-Slavery Standard | | Title: | Wednesday Afternoon -- Fifth Session | | Date Published: | 1844-08-08 | | Notes: | Speech regarding the injustice of a government that would make laws to benefit one race over another, yet expect all races to pay taxes and die for their country. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Shelton, Wallace | | Newspaper: | Palladium of Liberty (1843 - 1844) | | Title: | Celebration of the 1st day of August in Columbus. | | Date Published: | 1844-08-14 | | Notes: | Speech given during the celebration of the emancipation of slaves in the British West Indies on August 1, 1834. Stress is placed on the continued existence of slavery in the U.S. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Bibb, Henry, b. 1815 | | Newspaper: | Palladium of Liberty (1843 - 1844) | | Title: | Mr. Bibb | | Date Published: | 1844-08-14 | | Notes: | Anecdotal speech on the "system of slavery" with emphasis placed on the way in which the speaker's wife was taken from him. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Palladium of Liberty (1843 - 1844) | | Date Published: | 1844-08-14 | | Notes: | The writer comments on an anti-slavery lecture delivered by Amos Dresser. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Palladium of Liberty (1843 - 1844) | | Date Published: | 1844-08-21 | | Notes: | The writer comments on the effects of racial prejudice in current society. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Palladium of Liberty (1843 - 1844) | | Date Published: | 1844-08-28 | | Notes: | The writer tells his readers about a store that is refusing service to African American customers when white customers are there. He advises his readers to avoid shopping at stores that mistreat them. Since African Americans offer income to these establishments, the loss of their business will call attention to this problem. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Palladium of Liberty (1843 - 1844) | | Date Published: | 1844-08-28 | | Notes: | The writer briefly comments on the presidential campaign currently underway. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Palladium of Liberty (1843 - 1844) | | Date Published: | 1844-08-28 | | Notes: | The writer comments on recent efforts to sway public sentiment towards Colonization as a way to resolve the perceived social issue of what to do with free African Americans. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Pennington, James W. C. | | Newspaper: | Non Conformist | | Date Published: | 1844-08-29 | | Notes: | Speech regarding the impact of slavery and the "love of war" on the ideal of universal peace. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Palladium of Liberty (1843 - 1844) | | Date Published: | 1844-09-11 | | Notes: | The writer calls for unity of purpose among all African American farmers in the effort to help those still enslaved. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Palladium of Liberty (1843 - 1844) | | Date Published: | 1844-10-02 | | Notes: | The writer alerts his readers to a false rumor circulating regarding voting rights. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Palladium of Liberty (1843 - 1844) | | Date Published: | 1844-10-09 | | Notes: | The editor tells his readers that the newspaper is in financial trouble since some subscribers are not sending in their subscription payments. |
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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: | editor | | Newspaper: | Palladium of Liberty (1843 - 1844) | | Date Published: | 1844-10-16 | | Notes: | The writer attempts to clarify his opinion on the idea of Colonization. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Palladium of Liberty (1843 - 1844) | | Date Published: | 1844-11-13 | | Notes: | The editor answers those who have criticized the newspaper for publishing resolutions given at an unannounced public meeting. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Pennington, James W. C. | | Newspaper: | Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford -- Anti-Slavery Pamphlets | | Title: | A Two Years Absence, or A Farewell Sermon | | Date Published: | 1845 | | Notes: | A farewell sermon delivered before the Fifth Congregational Church of Hartford, Connecticut, as the speaker left to devote a two year leave of absence to classical study. The speaker also requested the time so that he could deal with his fugitive status. The sermon itself addressed Paul's journey through Macedonia and seemed a metaphor for the speaker's upcoming absence. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Garnet, Henry Highland, 1815-1882. | | Newspaper: | Emancipator | | Title: | Henry Highland Garnet | | Date Published: | 1845-08-06 | | Notes: | Passionate speech regarding the oppression of slavery. Stress is placed on the illogical belief that keeping the slave ignorant keeps him or her from being discontent; and emphasizing that denying slaves an education prevents them from providing for their own medical, legal, and moral care. |
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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: | Jones, William | | Newspaper: | American Freeman | | Title: | Great Meeting of the Colored People in Troy | | Date Published: | 1846-11-17 | | Notes: | Anecdotal speech regarding one man's experience with slavery and his praise of Gerrit Smith's benevolence. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Lewis, John N. | | Newspaper: | Emancipator | | Title: | Speech of Rev. John N. Lewis | | Date Published: | 1846-12-23 | | Notes: | Speech regarding the irony of missionary work in Africa by men who are slaves in the U.S. and not allowed to read the Bible. Emphasis is placed on the question of civil rights in the U.S. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Delany, Martin Robison, 1812-1885 | | Newspaper: | Presscopy -- Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee -- Ullman Papers | | Title: | Eulogy on the Life and Character of the Rev. Fayette Davis | | Date Published: | 1847 | | Notes: | Eulogy on the life and history of the Reverend Fayette Davis. The speaker traces Rev. Davis' life from Virginia where he was born free, through his childhood in Kentucky (a slave state where his opportunities were limited), his marriage, his career choice as a member of the clergy, and finally his early death. |
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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: | 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 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: | 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: | 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: | 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: | 1847-03-25 | | 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: | National Era | | Title: | Anniversary Meeting | | Date Published: | 1847-05-27 | | Notes: | Speech regarding the silent sanctioning of slavery by the north with their continued purchasing of southern cotton and produce. The speaker stresses the differences between northern and southern ideologies regarding slavery. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Gloucester, Stephen H. | | Newspaper: | Anti-Slavery Reporter | | Title: | Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society. | | Date Published: | 1847-06-01 | | Notes: | Speech given in response to a resolution put forth for the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society to work peacefully towards the abolition of slavery. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Ward, Samuel Ringgold, b. 1817 | | Newspaper: | Anti-Slavery Reporter | | Title: | The Anniversary of the American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society. | | Date Published: | 1847-07-01 | | Notes: | Brief speech questioning the ideas of those opposed to the anti-slavery movements, emphasizing that they had not offered a forum for debate about their opposing views. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Garnet, Henry Highland, 1815-1882. | | Newspaper: | Anti-Slavery Reporter | | Title: | The Anniversary of the American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society. | | Date Published: | 1847-07-01 | | Notes: | Speech calling for an end to slavery and asking that America join this fight for the emancipation of all slaves. He says: "The children of Africa, scattered as they were all over the world, unnationed, appealed to America for redress -- that America whose sails whiten every sea, and whose diplomatic parchment is lying in every court..." |
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| Speaker or Author: | Selby, Nicholas, fl. 1847 | | Newspaper: | Anti-Slavery Bugle | | Title: | Meeting at Green Plain. | | Date Published: | 1847-07-30 | | Notes: | Brief sermon regarding the religious efforts being made to help the slaves in their fight for freedom. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873 | | Newspaper: | National Anti-Slavery Standard | | Title: | Buffalo Convention. | | Date Published: | 1847-10-08 | | Notes: | Speech given during an American Anti-Slavery Society convention in response to the assertion that there were three parties working towards emancipation: the Liberty Party, the Liberty League, and the American Anti-Slavery Society. Each party has its own mission and goals. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Beman, Amos Gerry, 1812-1874 | | Newspaper: | North Star | | Title: | The Colored Convention. | | Date Published: | 1847-12-03 | | Notes: | Brief speech expressing the speaker's outrage at the defeat of African American suffrage in Connecticut. The speaker blamed the defeat on Irish voters. (Includes MP3 audio file.) |
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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: | Garnet, Henry Highland, 1815-1882. | | Newspaper: | Presscopy -- Yale University -- Anti-Slavery Pamphlets | | Title: | The Past and The Present Condition, and The Destiny, of The Colored Race: A Discourse Delivered at the Fifteenth Anniversary of the Female Benevolent Society of Troy, N. Y. | | Date Published: | 1848 | | Notes: | Speech detailing the history of the Negro race from its great African kings and queens of the past, to its victims of slavery. Included is a look forward to the successes that will come with its future generations. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873 | | Newspaper: | National Anti-Slavery Standard | | Title: | Fourth Annual Meeting of the Western New York Anti-Slavery Society | | Date Published: | 1848-01-27 | | Notes: | Brief speech in response to a resolution calling for abolitionists to reject the United States Constitution. In his remarks, Mr. Remond mentioned the U. S. President's message regarding the Amistad's captives. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884 | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | Remarks of W. W. Brown and S. S. Foster, Made in Faneuil Hall, Wednesday Evening, Jan. 26. | | Date Published: | 1848-02-04 | | Notes: | Speech describing the speaker's flight from slavery and the abolitionists who helped him along the way. (Includes MP3 audio file.) |
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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: | Garnet, Henry Highland, 1815-1882. | | Newspaper: | North Star | | Title: | Extract from a Sermon Preached at Troy, N. Y., to a company of Mr. Gerrit Smith's Grantees, on the eve of their departure to their lands, by Henry Highland Garnet, Pastor of the Liberty street Church | | Date Published: | 1848-05-12 | | Notes: | Sermon regarding brotherly love, honoring God, and trusting in the power of God's love for all men. The speaker offered words of encouragement and hope during troubled times as civil war seemed inevitable. |
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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: | Nell, William C. (William Cooper), 1816-1874. | | Newspaper: | North Star | | Title: | William C. Nell | | Date Published: | 1848-07-14 | | Notes: | Brief overview of a speech stressing the potential for the moral and intellectual "elevation" of the African American people. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Bibb, Henry, b. 1815 | | Newspaper: | Signal of Liberty | | Title: | Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Michigan | | Date Published: | 1848-08-11 | | Notes: | Brief speech made during a court hearing in which the speaker gave a brief overview of his life as a slave and an account of his escape to freedom. (Includes MP3 audio file) |
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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, William Wells, 1814?-1884 | | Newspaper: | Pennsylvania Freeman | | Title: | Anti-Slavery Convention in the Assembly Buildings | | Date Published: | 1848-12-28 | | Notes: | Brief speech in which the speaker noted that although he felt an increase in public support for the abolition of slavery, his experience since childhood had been one of constant contempt from the white population because of his race. (Includes MP3 audio file.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873 | | Newspaper: | Pennsylvania Freeman | | Title: | Anti-Slavery Convention in the Assembly Buildings | | Date Published: | 1848-12-28 | | Notes: | Brief speech regarding the question of which political party will succeed in abolishing slavery. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Crummell, Alexander, 1819-1898 | | Newspaper: | Presscopy -- New York Public Library -- Schomburg Collection | | Title: | The Man: The Hero: The Christian. A Eulogium on the Life and Character of Thomas Clarkson: Delivered in New York, Dec. 1846. By the Rev. Alexander Crummell, an African Clergyman, Pastor of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Messiah, New York, United States of America. | | Date Published: | 1849 | | Notes: | Lengthy and eloquent eulogy on the life and character of Thomas Clarkson. The speaker spoke about Clarkson's early years, his struggles, and his accomplishments. He included the history of slavery, the current situation with the slaves and freed people of color, and his hopes and beliefs in a positive future. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Shelton, Wallace | | Newspaper: | Presscopy -- Boston Public Library -- Anti-Slavery Collection | | Title: | Minutes and Address of the State Convention of the Colored Citizens of Ohio Convened at Columbus, January 10th, 11th, 12th & 13th, 1849 | | Date Published: | 1849-01-10 | | Notes: | Brief speech regarding the unique situation the free-born African Americans found themselves in. They were not slaves, but were not given the same rights as other Americans. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Ward, Samuel Ringgold, b. 1817 | | Newspaper: | Cortland Democrat | | Title: | Character | | Date Published: | 1849-02-15 | | Notes: | Speech delivered before the Courtland Academy Lyceum regarding the importance of education and morality. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Smith, James McCune, 1813-1865 | | Newspaper: | National Anti-Slavery Standard | | Title: | Annual Meeting of the Coloured Orphan Asylum. | | Date Published: | 1849-02-22 | | Notes: | The speaker, a physician at the Coloured Orphan Asylum, gave a presentation of a young African Bushman named Henry who had been recently placed in the orphanage. Mr. Smith gave an overview of Henry's history, the Bushmen tribe he belonged to, and called attention to Henry's mental and physical capacities. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851) | | Date Published: | 1849-02-28 | | Notes: | The writer offers a rebuttal to a recent sermon he heard with the theme that America's greatest sin is "despising the poor." He offers other actions in this country that are worse including the taking of Native American land and the enslaving of Africans. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851) | | Date Published: | 1849-02-28 | | Notes: | The writer responds to those who believe that John P. Hale is an aboitionist by publishing an excerpt from a recent speech he made on the subject of slavery. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851) | | Date Published: | 1849-02-28 | | Notes: | The writer responds to Henry Highland Garnet's request to indicate the differences in their ideas regarding African American life and Colonization. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851) | | Title: | What shall be done with the territories? | | Date Published: | 1849-03-14 | | Notes: | 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. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851) | | Date Published: | 1849-03-14 | | Notes: | The writer responds to a letter he received from Henry Bibb. He asks that Mr. Bibb offer more tangible proof of his letter's statements. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Ward, Samuel Ringgold, b. 1817 | | Newspaper: | Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851) | | Date Published: | 1849-03-14 | | Notes: | The writer tells his readers that the only way to live a successful life is through "elevation" in terms of self-respect, morality, and self-esteem. He emphasizes that the only way to achieve this is by working on their own self-improvement in this manner and not depending on others to do this for them. This work must come from within each individual. It offers a tremendous challenge but it is the only way to gain social acceptance in this country. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851) | | Date Published: | 1849-03-28 | | Notes: | The writer tells his readers that in the Pennsylvania Senate has voted against allowing African Americans to vote in that state. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851) | | Date Published: | 1849-03-28 | | Notes: | The writer comments on a fight between Mr. Meade and Mr. Giddings. This fight is representational of the building tensions between the northern and southern factions in the political argument over slavery. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851) | | Date Published: | 1849-03-28 | | Notes: | Brief comment on an article published in the Ram's Horn regarding the "splendid humbug" in Florence, New York. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851) | | Date Published: | 1849-04-11 | | Notes: | The writer discusses the idea of prejudice based on skin color. He compares distinctions of caste made in other countries with the injustice in this country based on race. He notes that in some churches they are told "you'll be white in Heaven." But if being white on earth is comparable to being white in Heaven, he wants no part of it. He urges his readers to be true to themselves and live virtuous lives. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873 | | Newspaper: | National Anti-Slavery Society | | Title: | Great Anti-Colonization Mass Meeting of The Coloured Citizens of the City of New York | | Date Published: | 1849-05-03 | | Notes: | Speech against the plans of the American Colonization Society. The speaker expressed his belief that colonization was inspired by the institution of American slavery as a way of solving the issue of slavery without allowing freed slaves to become members of American society. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Reason, Charles Lewis, 1818-1893 | | Newspaper: | National Anti-Slavery Standard | | Title: | Great Anti-Colonization Mass Meeting of the Coloured Citizens of the City of New York | | Date Published: | 1849-05-03 | | Notes: | Speech given against the goals of the American Colonization Society and the speaker's belief that colonization of Africa simply offered another type of enslavement to African Americans. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873 | | Newspaper: | National Anti-Slavery Standard | | Date Published: | 1849-05-03 | | Notes: | Speech following a resolution that the speaker offered emphasizing the lack of funding available to carry out the goals of the American Colonization Society. The speaker expressed his belief that the idea to colonize Africa with the "nominally free" African Americans was a scheme to "dupe" the American people out of large sums of money. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Pennington, James W. C. | | Newspaper: | National Anti-Slavery Standard | | Title: | Great Anti-Colonization Mass Meeting of the Coloured Citizens of the City of New York. | | Date Published: | 1849-05-03 | | Notes: | Relatively brief speech regarding the events surrounding what the speaker perceived as misunderstandings regarding the intent of the American Colonization Society. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Bibb, Henry, b. 1815 | | Newspaper: | National Anti-Slavery Standard | | Title: | Great Anti-Colonization Mass Meeting of the Coloured Citizens of the City of New York | | Date Published: | 1849-05-03 | | Notes: | Speech against the plans and goals of the American Colonization Society. The speaker suggested Canada as an alternate choice for colonization. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Ray, Charles B. (Charles Bennett), 1807-1886 | | Newspaper: | National Anti-Slavery Standard | | Title: | Great Anti-Colonization Mass Meeting of the Coloured Citizens of the City of New York | | Date Published: | 1849-05-03 | | Notes: | Speech against the idea and goals of the American Colonization Society. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Weir, George, Jr. | | Newspaper: | North Star | | Title: | Extract from an Address delivered before the Ladies' Literary and Progressive Association of the city of Buffalo, N. Y. | | Date Published: | 1849-05-11 | | Notes: | Extract from a speech delivered before the Ladies' Literary and Progressive Association of Buffalo, New York, regarding the benefits of education, scientific advancement, and religion in the struggle against slavery. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Bibb, Henry, b. 1815 | | Newspaper: | Emancipator | | Title: | American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society | | Date Published: | 1849-05-17 | | Notes: | Brief speech regarding the importance of supplying slaves with Bibles. (Speech 09773 is a duplicate of this speech.) (Includes MP3 audio file.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Crummell, Alexander, 1819-1898 | | Newspaper: | Non Conformist | | Title: | British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society | | Date Published: | 1849-05-23 | | Notes: | Brief speech regarding the effect the American cotton growers and their slave labor have on the world economy. The speaker called for Britain to stop buying and using products produced with slave labor. (Speech 09789 is a duplicate of this speech.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Crummell, Alexander, 1819-1898 | | Newspaper: | Anti-Slavery Reporter | | Title: | Anti-Slavery Meeting at Birmingham. | | Date Published: | 1849-06-01 | | Notes: | Brief speech encouraging "free-labor produce" in Britain. The speaker explained that the slave-trade would be negatively impacted if Britain stopped purchasing slave-produced products from the U.S. He encouraged Britain to buy only "free-labor" products in order to help abolish slavery. |
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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: | editor | | Newspaper: | Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851) | | Date Published: | 1849-06-27 | | Notes: | Brief note regarding a comment made by Frederick Douglass about a letter written by Henry Highland Garnet. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851) | | Date Published: | 1849-06-27 | | Notes: | The writer defends his position regarding previous comments he made about Frederick Douglass' stance on giving Bibles to slaves. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851) | | Title: | To Our Readers and Patrons. | | Date Published: | 1849-06-27 | | Notes: | The editor tells his readers how the newspaper got its start; and of its value and history. The newspaper has taken over the subscription lists of several other newspapers that didn't survive, but now needs more subscribers in order to continue its rate of publication. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851) | | Date Published: | 1849-07-11 | | Notes: | The writer gives a brief overview of a recent state convention. |
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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: | Garnet, Henry Highland, 1815-1882. | | Newspaper: | Impartial Citizen | | Title: | Extract from Mr. Garnet's Speech at the Auburn Celebration | | Date Published: | 1849-08-08 | | Notes: | Speech against the beliefs and ideas of Frederick Douglass and Charles Lenox Remond. The speaker expressed his opposition to the political views and ideology of these two men regarding religion, slavery, and love of country. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851) | | Date Published: | 1849-08-08 | | Notes: | The writer described the events during a day of celebration in Auburn, New York. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851) | | Date Published: | 1849-08-08 | | Notes: | Brief note asking what can be done regarding the Temperance cause in Cortland County. The writer suggests that every church offer a sermon on the subject. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851) | | Date Published: | 1849-08-15 | | Notes: | The writer comments on the praise given to Henry Clay by Reverend Peabody. The writer disagrees with Reverend Peabody's assertion that Mr. Clay has done "more than all the anti-slavery men of the north united," and instead points to all that Mr. Clay has done to help slavery continue. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851) | | Date Published: | 1849-08-15 | | Notes: | The writer comments on the government policy of not granting "letters of protection" to African Americans who are traveling in foreign countries. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851) | | Date Published: | 1849-08-15 | | Notes: | The writer comments on the current Presidential Administration's foreign and domestic policies. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851) | | Date Published: | 1849-08-15 | | Notes: | The writer comments on a blurb published in another newspaper offering the sale of two women and a man, who are mentioned as "likely Negroes." |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851) | | Date Published: | 1849-08-15 | | Notes: | The writer comments on an issue of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Reporter newspaper he recently received. |
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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: | Ward, Samuel Ringgold, b. 1817 | | Newspaper: | Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851) | | Title: | Readers of the Citizen: | | Date Published: | 1849-09-05 | | Notes: | The writer describes his travels to Pennsylvania. He highlights villages, people he meets along the way, and his experiences during his journey. |
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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: | editor | | Newspaper: | Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851) | | Date Published: | 1849-09-19 | | Notes: | The writer gives a brief overview of speeches delivered during a recent convention. |
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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: | editor | | Newspaper: | Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851) | | Date Published: | 1849-09-26 | | Notes: | The writer discusses the forming of the Democratic Party. He emphasizes the turmoil of the current political environment. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851) | | Date Published: | 1849-09-26 | | Notes: | The writer asserts that the basis for governmental taxation should be on a man's ability to pay and not the amount of property he owns. |
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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: | Spellman, William, fl. 1830-1885 | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | Colored Convention | | Date Published: | 1849-10-05 | | Notes: | Brief speech regarding civil rights for freed black citizens. The speaker also emphasized his resolution for providing continued employment for black lecturers in Connecticut. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Africanus, S. M. | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | Colored Convention | | Date Published: | 1849-10-05 | | Notes: | Brief speech regarding the political and civil rights of American citizenship that were being denied to free black citizens. (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: | editor | | Newspaper: | Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851) | | Date Published: | 1849-10-10 | | Notes: | Brief note that the political platform of the old Liberty Party was assumed by the new Democratic Party with the exception of the idea of Abolition. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Ward, Samuel Ringgold, b. 1817 | | Newspaper: | Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851) | | Title: | Independent Readers: | | Date Published: | 1849-10-10 | | Notes: | The writer continues his commentary on his speaking tour of New York and Pennsylvania. He describes his experiences during his travels. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884 | | Newspaper: | NonConformist | | Title: | Great Meeting at Worcester to Welcome Mr. W. Wells Brown | | Date Published: | 1849-10-10 | | Notes: | Overview of a lengthy speech given before an audience of between 2,000 and 3,000 people in Worcester, England, on the cruelties and horrors of slavery in the U.S., a country that was founded on freedom. (Speech 10137 is a duplicate of this speech.) (Includes MP3 audio file.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Ward, Samuel Ringgold, b. 1817 | | Newspaper: | Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851) | | Title: | Readers of the Citizen: | | Date Published: | 1849-10-17 | | Notes: | The writer continues his journal reporting of his experiences while on a speaking tour. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884 | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | Great Anti-Slavery Meeting in London | | Date Published: | 1849-10-19 | | Notes: | Speech delivered before a large meeting in London regarding the status of the anti-slavery movement in the U. S. The speaker was responding to another speaker who insisted that the free people of color living in the eastern states had a better life than those enslaved in the south. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Ward, Samuel Ringgold, b. 1817 | | Newspaper: | Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851) | | Title: | Respected Readers: | | Date Published: | 1849-10-24 | | Notes: | The writer continues his journaled reporting of his travels through New York and Pennsylvania on a speaking tour. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851) | | Date Published: | 1849-10-24 | | Notes: | The writer comments on Judge Jay's review of the U. S. government's dealings with Mexico. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884 | | Newspaper: | North Star | | Title: | American Slavery, Wm. Wells Brown | | Date Published: | 1849-11-02 | | Notes: | Speech given during a public meeting in London illustrating the cruelties and injustices of American slavery. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884 | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | Public Reception of Wm. W. Brown in the Metropolis of England | | Date Published: | 1849-11-02 | | Notes: | Speech regarding England's contribution to the institution of slavery in the U.S. The speaker emphasized the irony of continued slavery even after the slave trade had been outlawed. He noted that some slaveholders inherited slaves from their parents, and continued using "domestic" slave labor even though it was against the law to bring more slaves into the country. England was blamed for starting it, but the U.S. had to be held accountable for continuing this practice. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Ward, Samuel Ringgold, b. 1817 | | Newspaper: | Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851) | | Date Published: | 1849-11-21 | | Notes: | The writer describes his travels and experiences while on a lecture tour of New York and the surrounding area. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851) | | Date Published: | 1849-11-21 | | Notes: | The writer briefly describes a lecture he attended at a new medical college in Syracuse. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851) | | Date Published: | 1849-11-28 | | Notes: | The writer offers examples to indicate his belief that African Americans are contributing to their own degradation. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Francis, Abner H. | | Newspaper: | Impartial Citizen | | Title: | The Presentation of the Silver Pitcher to Mrs. Smith, by Mr. Francis and H. H. Garnet on behalf of the Colored ladies of Buffalo, at Peterboro | | Date Published: | 1849-11-28 | | Notes: | Speech given during the presentation of a silver pitcher to Gerrit Smith from the Colored Ladies of Buffalo, New York, to honor his work to abolish slavery. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Garnet, Henry Highland, 1815-1882. | | Newspaper: | Impatial Citizen | | Title: | The Presentation of the Silver Pitcher to Mrs. Smith, by Mr. Francis and H. H. Garnet on behalf of the Colored ladies of Buffalo, at Peterboro | | Date Published: | 1849-11-28 | | Notes: | Speech given while presenting a silver pitcher to Gerrit Smith to honor his work for the abolition of slavery. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851) | | Date Published: | 1849-11-28 | | Notes: | The writer expresses his belief that most African Americans who voted in New York aligned with the Whigs. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851) | | Date Published: | 1849-12-05 | | Notes: | The writer expresses the effects of prejudice from religion to education. Prejudice is taught to children through fearful stories that pass down from generation to generation. He adds that in spite of this, the African American people are making more progress towards social elevation than any other oppressed people in history. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851) | | Date Published: | 1849-12-19 | | Notes: | The writer alerts his readers to a new African American newspaper in Philadelphia. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Peck, John, of Pittsburgh | | Newspaper: | North Star | | Title: | The Moral Power of Position (extract) | | Date Published: | 1849-12-21 | | Notes: | Excerpt from an address on the responsibility of churches in the continuation of prejudice and slavery. The speaker emphasized the implied approval the Church exhibited towards slavery which goes against Christian doctrine. |
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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: | Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884 | | Newspaper: | Presscopy -- Bibliotheque Nationale -- Paris, France | | Title: | Le Congres des Amis de la Paix Universelle Compte Rendee | | Date Published: | 1850 | | Notes: | Speech presented in France before a French audience. The original speech is published in French and translated for an English speaking audience (both versions are shown). The speech is a brief thank you to the French government for abolishing slavery in France and the French colonies. (Includes MP3 audio file.) |
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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: | editor | | Newspaper: | Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851) | | Date Published: | 1850-01-02 | | Notes: | The writer alerts his readers to a new Temperance newspaper called the Ballot Box. He notes that the editors of this newspaper had had him expelled from the Sons of Temperance Order because he was an African American. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Pennington, James W. C. | | Newspaper: | Christian News | | Title: | American Slavery | | Date Published: | 1850-01-03 | | Notes: | Speech delivered in Edinburgh, Scotland regarding the institution of slavery in the U.S. The speaker emphasized the immorality of slavery from a Christian perspective. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Reason, Charles Lewis, 1818-1893 | | Newspaper: | Impartial Citizen | | Title: | Professor Reason in Philadelphia | | Date Published: | 1850-01-09 | | Notes: | Brief speech by Charles Reason, professor at New York Central College describing the college and the area surrounding its location. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851) | | Date Published: | 1850-01-23 | | Notes: | Brief overview of a sermon regarding moral reform. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851) | | Date Published: | 1850-01-23 | | Notes: | The writer expresses his views on the idea of revival meetings. He notes one recent meeting at Apulia, New York. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851) | | Date Published: | 1850-01-23 | | Notes: | The writer notes that winter is the time for the religious practice of conversion of sinners. He hopes that this season offers an opportunity to convert those who are filled with the sin of racial hatred. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851) | | Date Published: | 1850-01-23 | | Notes: | The writer disagrees with the idea of a "Temporal Millennium" or a "Second Advent," and he uses Biblical references to prove his point of view. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851) | | Date Published: | 1850-01-23 | | Notes: | The writer briefly comments on Jane Gray Swisshelm and her newspaper, "The Pittsburgh Saturday Visiter." |
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| Speaker or Author: | Jones, Thomas H. | | Newspaper: | Presscopy -- Boston Public Library -- Anti-Slavery Pamphlets | | Title: | Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, Eighteenth Annual Report, p. 98 | | Date Published: | 1850-01-25 | | Notes: | Brief speech commending the anti-slavery work of William Lloyd Garrison. The speaker believed that the work of William Lloyd Garrison offered more compassion than most churches at the time which were denying the slave a place in their congregations. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873 | | Newspaper: | National Anti-Slavery Standard | | Title: | Anti-Slavery Mass Convention, of the Abolitionists of the State of New York, at City Hall, Syracuse | | Date Published: | 1850-01-31 | | Notes: | Speech offered in response to a speech given by abolitionist William Henry Burleigh regarding the contradiction of the moral injustice, yet financial incentive of continuing slavery. Mr. Remond offered his own views on this idea of legal and moral contradiction. |
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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: | Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851) | | Title: | Patient Readers: | | Date Published: | 1850-02-13 | | Notes: | The editor describes the struggles and challenges of starting and maintaining the newspaper. He asks his subscribers who owe money to pay now. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Ward, Samuel Ringgold, b. 1817 | | Newspaper: | Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851) | | Title: | Patrons of the Impartial Citizen: | | Date Published: | 1850-02-20 | | Notes: | The editor asks for donations to allow the newspaper to continue publication. He promises to devote newspaper space to issues concerning "Temperance, Anti-Slavery, Land Reform, Homestead Exemption, and Peace." |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851) | | Date Published: | 1850-03-13 | | Notes: | The writer briefly responds to a derogatory note published in the North Star newspaper. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Ward, Samuel Ringgold, b. 1817 | | 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: | 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: | Tyson, William A. | | Newspaper: | North Star | | Title: | Sentiments of the Colored People of New York City, Respecting the Propositions made in Congress to settle the Slavery question, and the arrest of fugitive slaves | | Date Published: | 1850-04-05 | | Notes: | Brief speech regarding the government's stance on fugitive slaves, and its idea of continuing slavery as it assigned slave holding status to newly formed states. |
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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: | Bibb, Henry, b. 1815 | | 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 denouncing Daniel Webster's position on slavery and his recent speech regarding fugitive slaves. (Includes MP3 audio file.) |
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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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| Speaker or Author: | Ward, Samuel Ringgold, b. 1817 | | Newspaper: | Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851) | | Title: | Impartial Readers: | | Date Published: | 1850-05-08 | | Notes: | The writer relates his experiences while travel across New York, New Jersey, and Rhode Island on a lecture tour. He emphasizes the work being done to abolish slavery, promote reform and ensure voting rights in the places he visits. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873 | | Newspaper: | North Star | | Title: | Mr. Remond's Lecture | | Date Published: | 1850-05-10 | | Notes: | Speech encouraging "nominally free" African Americans to not give up hope for the abolition of slavery. He urged them to not purchase pro-slavery newspapers and to help themselves overcome the oppression of prejudice. He emphasized that there was a feeling of lethargy and complacency among them that only helped to strengthen the pro-slavery forces. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Ward, Samuel Ringgold, b. 1817 | | Newspaper: | Pennsylvania Freeman | | Title: | Speeches at the Anniversary Meeting of the American A. S. Society. | | Date Published: | 1850-05-16 | | Notes: | Speech responding to a claim made by Captain Isaiah Rynders that he could prove the Negro race had descended from monkeys. Captain Rynders and a man referred to as Dr. Grant were attempting to convince others of the racial inferiority of the Negro race. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Ward, Samuel Ringgold, b. 1817 | | Newspaper: | Montreal Witness | | Title: | American Anti-Slavery Society. | | Date Published: | 1850-05-20 | | Notes: | Speech responding to a claim made by Captain Isaiah Rynders that he could prove the Negro race had descended from monkeys. Captain Rynders and a man referred to as Dr. Grant were attempting to convince others of the racial inferiority of the Negro race. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851) | | Date Published: | 1850-06-12 | | Notes: | The writer explains to his readers a law currently before the Senate saying that if a free born African American is accused of being an escaped slave, he must prove his freeborn status in the state of his accuser, not the state of his birth. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851) | | Date Published: | 1850-06-12 | | Notes: | While on a lecture tour of Philadelphia, the writer reports the degradation and immorality he finds there. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851) | | Date Published: | 1850-06-12 | | Notes: | The writer briefly tells his readers about an African American man who was arrested for theft and subsequently accused of being a fugitive slave. He pleaded guilty to the crime and thus chose prison over the possibility of slavery. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851) | | Date Published: | 1850-06-12 | | Notes: | The writer offers a brief eulogy after the recent death of Stephen H. Gloucester. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Pennington, James W. C. | | Newspaper: | Christian News | | Title: | Slavery Abolition Schemes | | Date Published: | 1850-06-27 | | Notes: | Review of a speech calling for unconditional emancipation of slaves in the U.S. in similar fashion to the way slaves were freed in Egypt. The speaker disagreed with the idea of financial compensation of the slaveholders for each freed slave. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884 | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | Wm. Wells Brown's Anti-Slavery Lecture at Crosby Hall, London | | Date Published: | 1850-06-28 | | Notes: | Overview of speech delivered in London regarding the political condition of the question of slavery in the U.S. The speaker condemned the recent political actions of Daniel Webster and emphasized that life without liberty is not worth living. |
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