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| Speaker or Author: | Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873 | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | Colored National Council | | Date Published: | 1855-07-27 | | Notes: | Brief speech in which the speaker expressed that what African Americans wanted most in this country were equal rights and equal citizenship recognition. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862) | | Date Published: | 1861-01-12 | | Notes: | The writer addresses the question regarding the Constitution's stance on slavery. He wonders aloud why there is a call to amend the Cosntitution to include slavery if it is (as assumed) already a pro-slavery document. This issue is being hotly debated in Congress. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Martin, J. Sella (John Sella), b. 1832 | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | Speech of Rev. J. Sella Martin | | Date Published: | 1863-10-09 | | Notes: | The speaker appealed to the people of Great Britain for their support in the fight for emancipation in the U.S. He explained a bit of what was happening in the U.S. regarding the war, and focused on the issue of slavery and the strides being made by the anti-slavery movements there. |
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