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University of Detroit Mercy
Black Abolitionist Archive


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Anti-Slavery Convention (3)

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.

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.

Speaker or Author: editor
Newspaper:Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
Date Published: 1852-05-20
Notes: The writer points out that the statistical information on African Americans living in Ohio directly contradicts the beliefs espoused by Colonizationists that African Americans are unable to care for themselves.