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| Speaker or Author: | Delany, Martin Robison, 1812-1885 | | Newspaper: | Provincial Freeman | | Title: | Political Aspect of the Colored People of the United States | | Date Published: | 1855-10-13 | | Notes: | Lengthy speech detailing the various ways states were dealing with racial issues. The speaker also touched on issues of colonization and amelioration. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859) | | Date Published: | 1856-04-05 | | Notes: | The writer relates different versions of the fate of Margaret Garner, her baby, and those aboard the steamship Henry Lewis. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862) | | Date Published: | 1861-04-27 | | Notes: | The writer tells his readers that the time has come for action, not passive acceptance. "Five hundred black men ... can do more to destroy slavery than five-thousand Regulars." |
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| Speaker or Author: | Day, William Howard, d. 1900 | | Newspaper: | Leeds Intelligencer | | Title: | Anniversary of the Emancipation of the Slaves in the West Indies | | Date Published: | 1861-08-03 | | Notes: | Overview of speech detailing the economics of slavery. The speaker noted the successes realized by free states when proponents of slavery had expressed the belief that without slavery the country couldn't survive economically. The speaker emphasized the influence of cotton on the continuation of slavery, and spoke against the idea of colonization. |
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