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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: | Nickens, Owen B. | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | Celebration in Cincinnati | | Date Published: | 1831-07-30 | | Notes: | Report from Liberator newspaper describes a speech given during celebration activities on the anniversary of the emancipation of slavery in New York state. |
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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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