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| Speaker or Author: | De Grasse, Isaiah G. | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | To the American Convention for promoting the Abolition of Slavery, and improving the condition of the African Race. | | Date Published: | 1831 | | Notes: | Spoken essay given by a 15 year old boy at an exhibition of the New York African Free School in 1828 regarding his experience with slavery. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884 | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | Speech of William Wells Brown. Delivered at the New England Anti-Slavery Convention, Wednesday, May 28th, 1862. | | Date Published: | 1862-06-13 | | Notes: | The speaker addressed the issue of the competence and intellectual abilities of African Americans. He offered a rebuttal on the idea that freed slaves would be unable to take care of themselves. He emphasized a historical perspective on the intellectual ability of the Negro race to not only survive but to prosper independent of European influence. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Day, William Howard, d. 1900 | | Newspaper: | Anglo-African | | Title: | A Grand Gala Week | | Date Published: | 1865-08-12 | | Notes: | Speech given on the anniversary of the emancipation of slaves in the British West Indies. The speaker emphasized that now the U.S. could claim its place among the countries that had abandoned slavery. He expressed gratitude for those who had fought and died in the Civil War in the cause of freedom. |
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