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| Speaker or Author: | Bibb, Henry, b. 1815 | | Newspaper: | Emancipator | | Title: | Interesting Arrival in Canada. | | Notes: | Speech welcoming escaping slaves who had crossed into Canada from Detroit with the help of the Underground Railroad. (Includes MP3 audio file.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Anonymous | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | Address, Delivered by a member of the Society co-operating with the General Convention at Philadelphia, in the African Church in Temple-street, New Haven. | | Date Published: | 1831-09-10 | | Notes: | Anonymous speech delivered by a member of the Society cooperating with the General Convention at Philadelphia against the colonization of Africa by freed slaves. (Includes MP3 audio file.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Bell, Philip A. | | Newspaper: | Emancipator | | Title: | Meeting of the United Anti-Slavery Society of New-York | | Date Published: | 1836-12-15 | | Notes: | Speech before the first quarterly meeting of the United Anti-Slavery Society of New York which presented resolutions regarding the fundamental abolition goals of the organization. Also stress was placed on the importance of the Liberator newspaper. (Includes MP3 audio file.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Bell, Philip A. | | Newspaper: | Presscopy -- Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, Anti-Slavery Pamphlets | | Title: | A Plea for "A Man and A Brother" | | Date Published: | 1839 | | Notes: | Comments given on an address by David Ruggles regarding a libel suit against Samuel Cornish and the Colored American newspaper. Bell provided a statement regarding his participation in the events leading up to the suit. (Includes MP3 audio file) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Beman, Amos Gerry, 1812-1874 | | Newspaper: | Emancipator | | Title: | Address, Delivered in the Colored Congregational Church, Hartford, Conn., August 1, 1839, by Amos G. Beman, Pastor of the Colored Congregational Church in New Haven | | Date Published: | 1839-11-07 | | Notes: | Excerpt of a speech delivered before the Congregational Church in Hartford, Connecticut and published in the Emancipator newspaper. The newspaper notes that: "Mr. B. endeavors successfully, in his address, to show, that the colored race may be elevated in this country, in respect to property, intelligence, and moral worth; which he declares are the elements of true happiness and prosperity. Having concluded his argument, he makes an eloquent and earnest appeal to his hearers, to inspire them with resolution to overcome the obstacles in the way of their elevation." (Includes MP3 audio file.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Alexander, S. R. | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | Anniversary of British Emancipation | | Date Published: | 1840-08-14 | | Notes: | Speech given on the anniversary of the emancipation of slavery in the British West Indies; and comparing this with the continuation of slavery in the U.S. (Includes MP3 audio file.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Beman, Jehiel C. | | Newspaper: | Emancipator | | Title: | Great Annual Jubilee--August 1, 1843 | | Date Published: | 1843-08-17 | | Notes: | Speech given during the celebration of the August 1st anniversary of the emancipation of the British West Indies, with emphasis placed on the continued slavery of millions of human beings in the U.S. (Includes MP3 audio file.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Beman, Amos Gerry, 1812-1874 | | Newspaper: | North Star | | Title: | The Colored Convention. | | Date Published: | 1847-12-03 | | Notes: | Brief speech expressing the speaker's outrage at the defeat of African American suffrage in Connecticut. The speaker blamed the defeat on Irish voters. (Includes MP3 audio file.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884 | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | Remarks of W. W. Brown and S. S. Foster, Made in Faneuil Hall, Wednesday Evening, Jan. 26. | | Date Published: | 1848-02-04 | | Notes: | Speech describing the speaker's flight from slavery and the abolitionists who helped him along the way. (Includes MP3 audio file.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884 | | Newspaper: | National Anti-Slavery Standard | | Date Published: | 1848-05-18 | | Notes: | Brief speech in which the speaker compares the slaveholder to the Devil. The speaker says that religion aids slavery. (Includes MP3 audio file.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884 | | Newspaper: | North Star | | Title: | New England Anti-Slavery Convention | | Date Published: | 1848-06-16 | | Notes: | Brief speech regarding the degraded condition of the slave and the poor white working class in the southern states. The speaker pointed to a monument in Croton Heights, Connecticut erected to those who gave their lives in battle in 1781, with the names of black victims listed separately from whites as evidence of pro-slavery feelings in that state. (Inlcudes MP3 audio file.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Bibb, Henry, b. 1815 | | Newspaper: | Signal of Liberty | | Title: | Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Michigan | | Date Published: | 1848-08-11 | | Notes: | Brief speech made during a court hearing in which the speaker gave a brief overview of his life as a slave and an account of his escape to freedom. (Includes MP3 audio file) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884 | | Newspaper: | Pennsylvania Freeman | | Title: | Anti-Slavery Convention in the Assembly Buildings | | Date Published: | 1848-12-28 | | Notes: | Brief speech in which the speaker noted that although he felt an increase in public support for the abolition of slavery, his experience since childhood had been one of constant contempt from the white population because of his race. (Includes MP3 audio file.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Bibb, Henry, b. 1815 | | Newspaper: | Emancipator | | Title: | American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society | | Date Published: | 1849-05-17 | | Notes: | Brief speech regarding the importance of supplying slaves with Bibles. (Speech 09773 is a duplicate of this speech.) (Includes MP3 audio file.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884 | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | Presentation and Farewell Meeting | | Date Published: | 1849-07-27 | | Notes: | Brief farewell speech given prior to the speaker's departure for the World Peace Convention in Paris. The speaker assured the audience that the World Peace Convention would hasten the complete abolition of slavery. (Includes MP3 audio file.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884 | | Newspaper: | North Star | | Title: | The Peace Congress | | Date Published: | 1849-09-28 | | Notes: | Brief speech acknowledging the emancipation of the French people from tyranny and slavery during the revolutions of 1848. (Includes MP3 audio file.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Africanus, S. M. | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | Colored Convention | | Date Published: | 1849-10-05 | | Notes: | Brief speech regarding the political and civil rights of American citizenship that were being denied to free black citizens. (Includes MP3 audio file.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884 | | Newspaper: | NonConformist | | Title: | Great Meeting at Worcester to Welcome Mr. W. Wells Brown | | Date Published: | 1849-10-10 | | Notes: | Overview of a lengthy speech given before an audience of between 2,000 and 3,000 people in Worcester, England, on the cruelties and horrors of slavery in the U.S., a country that was founded on freedom. (Speech 10137 is a duplicate of this speech.) (Includes MP3 audio file.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884 | | Newspaper: | Presscopy -- Bibliotheque Nationale -- Paris, France | | Title: | Le Congres des Amis de la Paix Universelle Compte Rendee | | Date Published: | 1850 | | Notes: | Speech presented in France before a French audience. The original speech is published in French and translated for an English speaking audience (both versions are shown). The speech is a brief thank you to the French government for abolishing slavery in France and the French colonies. (Includes MP3 audio file.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884 | | Newspaper: | North Star | | Title: | Soiree to W. W. Brown in Newcastle | | Date Published: | 1850-02-08 | | Notes: | Speech given before a large gathering in Newcastle, England regarding the current condition of abolitionists in the U.S. The speaker notes the irony of the realization that England is the true "home of the brave and land of the free." He praises the work and help of the Quakers and abolitionists in the struggle for freedom taking place in the U.S. (Includes MP3 audio file.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Bibb, Henry, b. 1815 | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | Proceedings of a meeting of Citizens of Boston, at Tremont Temple, Tuesday evening, April 2nd | | Date Published: | 1850-04-12 | | Notes: | Speech denouncing Daniel Webster's position on slavery and his recent speech regarding fugitive slaves. (Includes MP3 audio file.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Day, William Howard, d. 1900 | | Newspaper: | Presscopy -- Harvard University -- Anti-Slavery Pamphlets | | Title: | Minutes of the State Convention, of the Colored Citizens of Ohio, Convened at Columbus, Jan. 15th, 16th, 17th, and 18th, 1851. | | Date Published: | 1851 | | Notes: | The speaker, responding to another speaker, defended the Constitution as an important document intended to establish a just nation, even though unjust laws were being made in its name. (Includes MP3 audio file.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884 | | Newspaper: | Presscopy -- Bibliotheque Nationale -- Paris, France | | Title: | American Slavery. Report of the Great Anti-Slavery Meeting, Held April 9, 1851, in the Public Room, Broadmead, Bristol, to Receive the Fugitive Slaves, William & Ellen Craft. | | Date Published: | 1851 | | Notes: | Speech denouncing the Fugitive Slave Bill stressing the cruelties of its use. The speaker emphasized that the cruelty of slavery was both physical and emotional as human bodies and human families were broken apart in similar fashion. (Includes MP3 audio file.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884 | | Newspaper: | Presscopy -- Mitchell Library -- Glasgow, Scotland | | Title: | Glasgow Female Anti-Slavery Society, Sixth Annual Report, pp. 10-16 | | Date Published: | 1851 | | Notes: | Brief speech in which the speaker praised the work of the Glasgow Female Anti-Slavery Society in their efforts to end slavery. He emphasized the Society's work in exposing the negative influence of the Church in the work toward emancipation in the U.S. (Includes MP3 audio file.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Craft, William | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | American Slavery | | Date Published: | 1851-01-24 | | Notes: | Brief speech denouncing the Fugitive Slave Bill. (Includes MP3 audio file) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884 | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | American Slavery | | Date Published: | 1851-01-24 | | Notes: | Speech denouncing the Fugitive Slave Bill. The speaker, however, did see that the negative response stirred up by this legislation would result in a renewed strength and resolve among people of all races for the abolition of slavery. (Includes MP3 audio file.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884 | | Newspaper: | Inquirer | | Title: | Anti-Slavery Meeting in Bristol | | Date Published: | 1851-04-19 | | Notes: | Brief speech denouncing the effects of the Fugitive Slave Bill. (Includes MP3 audio file.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Truth, Sojourner, d. 1883 | | Newspaper: | Anti-Slavery Bugle | | Title: | Women's Rights Convention | | Date Published: | 1851-06-21 | | Notes: | Speech expressing the speaker's opinion on rights for women. (Includes mp3 audio file.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Britton, John G. | | Newspaper: | Presscopy -- Foner and Walker, Eds. | | Title: | Proceedings of the Black State Conventions 1840-1865, (1979) Vol. 1, pp. 176-177 | | Date Published: | 1851-08-09 | | Notes: | Brief introductory speech regarding what the speaker believed were the important factors affecting African Americans at that point in time. These included voting rights, colonization, and the migration of fugitive slaves to Canada. (Includes MP3 audio file.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Day, William Howard, d. 1900 | | Newspaper: | Presscopy -- Boston University -- Starr Collection | | Title: | Loyalty and Devotion of Colored Americans in the Revolution and War of 1812 | | Date Published: | 1852 | | Notes: | Brief speech regarding the heroic accomplishments of black soldiers, and a request for recognition of these accomplishments by the white population. (Includes MP3 audio file) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884 | | Newspaper: | Non Conformist | | Title: | Anniversary of Negro Emancipation | | Date Published: | 1852-08-04 | | Notes: | Speech commemorating the emancipation of the British West Indies on August 1, 1834. The speaker noted the benefits of living in Britain for the formerly enslaved people of the U.S., and expressed his hope that slavery would end in that country as well. (Includes MP3 audio file.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Allen, William G., fl. 1849-1853 | | Newspaper: | Leeds Mercury | | Title: | American Slavery Lectures at Leeds | | Date Published: | 1853-12-03 | | Notes: | Speech given before an English audience regarding the inhumanity and abuses of slavery in America. The speaker noted that he felt no prejudice in England, but gave examples of how his life is affected by prejudice in the U.S. (Includes MP3 audio file.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Allen, William G., fl. 1849-1853 | | Newspaper: | Leeds Mercury | | Title: | American Slavery Lectures at Leeds | | Date Published: | 1853-12-03 | | Notes: | Speech given before an English audience regarding the abuses suffered by African Americans due to racial prejudice. The speaker noted that while he loved his country, he couldn't deny the fact of America's inhumanity regarding racial discrimination. (Includes MP3 audio file.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Allen, William G., fl. 1849-1853 | | Newspaper: | Leeds Times | | Title: | Professor Allen and the Slavery of America | | Date Published: | 1853-12-10 | | Notes: | The speaker offered his views on the ways in which the African race had distinguished itself over countless generations as a race focused on morality and love of mankind. He denounced plans regarding the colonization of Siberia with nominally free black citizens, and emphasized the love of America that was pervasive among the African American people. (Includes MP3 audio file.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Truth, Sojourner, d. 1883 | | Newspaper: | National Anti-Slavery Standard | | Title: | Lecture by Sojourner Truth | | Date Published: | 1853-12-10 | | Notes: | The speaker delivered an entertaining speech emphasizing a focus on love and strength of character in overcoming adversity. She told about her experiences with slavery, and stressed that she was for women's rights and against colonization. (Includes mp3 audio file.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Truth, Sojourner, d. 1883 | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | Proceedings at the Anti-Slavery Celebration at Framingham | | Date Published: | 1854-07-14 | | Notes: | Impassioned speech regarding the injustices of slavery and prejudice. (Includes mp3 audio file.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884 | | Newspaper: | National Anti-Slavery Standard | | Title: | Reception of William Wells Brown at Boston | | Date Published: | 1854-10-21 | | Notes: | Overview of speech given upon the speaker's return to the U.S. from five years spent in England as a fugitive from slavery. Although the speaker was saddened by the continued efforts to enforce slavery in the U.S., he felt hopeful that complete abolition of slavery would soon be realized. (Includes MP3 audio file.) (Speech 15831 is a duplicate of this speech.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884 | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | Anti-Slavery Meeting at Syracuse and Rochester | | Date Published: | 1854-10-27 | | Notes: | Overview of a brief speech dwelling mostly on the effects of prejudice towards the people of color in the northern states. (Includes MP3 audio file.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884 | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | Anti-Slavery Meeting at Syracuse and Rochester | | Date Published: | 1854-10-27 | | Notes: | The speaker related a personal experience with American prejudice against color and how this attitude changed once white Americans set foot on European soil. (Includes MP3 audio file.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Bradley, Mr. | | Newspaper: | National Anti-Slavery Standard | | Title: | Annual Meeting of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society | | Date Published: | 1855-02-03 | | Notes: | Brief speech in which the speaker expressed his opposition to the formation of a new political party proposed to benefit the fight for abolition of slavery. (Includes MP3 audio file.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Burns, Anthony, 1834-1862 | | Newspaper: | Provincial Freeman | | Title: | Anthony Burns a Freeman | | Date Published: | 1855-03-17 | | Notes: | Anecdotal speech regarding one man's experience as a fugitive slave. The speech was given during a drive to raise money to purchase the speaker's freedom. (Includes MP3 audio file.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Allen, William G., fl. 1849-1853 | | Newspaper: | Belfast Newsletter | | Title: | Lecture Upon the African Race | | Date Published: | 1855-06-22 | | Notes: | Overview of speech presented at the Belfast Ladies' Association meeting arguing the speaker's belief that art, culture and religion had their origins in Africa. (Includes MP3 audio file.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Allen, William G., fl. 1849-1853 | | Newspaper: | Belfast Newsletter | | Title: | Lecture on American Slavery | | Date Published: | 1855-06-25 | | Notes: | Overview of a speech regarding the history of American slavery. The speaker noted that American Indians had been at one time considered for slavery, but that they were not as suited for it as African captives. The speaker said that what was wanted was not so much emancipation as it was the "...eradication of the principles of slavery, and the prejudice against slaves, which existed in American breasts..." He wished for an end to slavery as well as the effects of slavery on a society that had grown strong from slave labor. (Includes MP3 audio file.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Barbadoes, Frederick G. | | Newspaper: | Presscopy -- Harvard University, Cambridge -- Rare Books and Manuscripts | | Title: | Proceedings of the California State Convention of the Colored Citizens, Held in Sacramento on the 25th, 26th, 27th and 28th of October, 1865 | | Date Published: | 1856 | | Notes: | Speech given as the speaker stepped down as president of the convention. The speaker eloquently and humbly accepted the gratitude of the convention and reminded those members that the struggle towards liberty and freedom continued and required their "eternal vigilance." (Includes MP3 audio file) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Blyden, Edward Wilmot, 1832-1912. | | Newspaper: | Presscopy -- Lynch, Black Spokesman: Selected Writings of Edward Wilmot Blyden, pp. 63-65 | | Title: | Liberia as She is; and the Present Duty of her Citizens | | Date Published: | 1857 | | Notes: | Speech regarding the issues facing Liberia at the time. The speaker believed that the desire to be rich had created too much foreign dependency and not enough development of internal values for the Liberian population in terms of morality, education, and economics. (Includes MP3 audio file.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884 | | Newspaper: | Printed Copy -- Rhode Island Historical Society -- Newspaper Clipping File | | Title: | Mass State Convention of the Colored Citizens of Massachusetts | | Date Published: | 1857-08-03 | | Notes: | The speaker encouraged a defiant attitude of the convention attendees to the continuation of slavery. He denounced the recent Dred Scott decision, and called for the state of Massachusetts to take action towards total emancipation in the U.S. (Includes MP3 audio file.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884 | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | Speech of William Wells Brown | | Date Published: | 1859-07-08 | | Notes: | After reading aloud an advertisement for the sale of a slave mother and her children to be held on the 4th of July, the speaker emphasized the irony in the popularity of this date for such sales. He noted that slaveholders often chose holidays for such sales since they would be assured more buyers. The July 4th holiday was a particular favorite for sales like this. (Includes MP3 audio file.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884 | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | New England Colored Citizens' Convention | | Date Published: | 1859-08-26 | | Notes: | Brief speech in which the speaker expressed suspicion of any movement that encouraged immigration of African Americans. (Includes MP3 audio file.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884 | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | New England Colored Citizens' Convention | | Date Published: | 1859-08-26 | | Notes: | Brief speech in which the speaker expressed suspicion of any movement that encouraged immigration of African Americans. (Includes MP3 audio file.) |
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| Newspaper: | Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862) |
| Title: | A Trip "Down East" |
| Date Published: | 1860-11-24 |
| Notes: | Short, humorous account by a traveling correspondent of his adventures in Connecticut. (Includes MP3 audio file.) |
| Speaker or Author: | Bassett, Ebenezer D., 1833-1908 | | Newspaper: | Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862) | | Title: | Our Philadelphia Letter. Philadelphia, Jan. 21, 1861. | | Date Published: | 1861-01-26 | | Notes: | Overview of a science lecture given on Carbon to students of the Institute for Colored Youth. The speaker is the principal at the institute. (Includes MP3 audio file.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Anderson, John, b. 1831? | | Newspaper: | Toronto Globe | | Title: | Anderson, The Fugitive Slave in London | | Date Published: | 1861-07-05 | | Notes: | Brief anecdotal speech regarding one man's escape from slavery. (Speech 24147 is a duplicate of this speech.) (Includes MP3 audio file.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Butler, Mrs. William H. | | Newspaper: | Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862) | | Title: | The Clinton Lyceum of Baltimore | | Date Published: | 1862-01-11 | | Notes: | Short speech in which the speaker encourages the members of the Clinton Lyceum to live in harmony and peace as the Civil War continues on around them. (Includes MP3 audio file.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Bell, Philip A. | | Newspaper: | Pacific Appeal | | Title: | Mr. P. A. Bell's Lecture | | Date Published: | 1862-10-11 | | Notes: | Brief speech comparing Jewish slavery with American slavery. The speaker emphasized the Biblical history of slavery. (Includes MP3 audio file) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Bassett, Ebenezer D., 1833-1908 | | Newspaper: | Pacific Appeal | | Title: | New Haven Against Colonization | | Date Published: | 1862-10-18 | | Notes: | Brief speech denouncing the goals of the colonization of Africa by the U.S. government. (Includes MP3 audio file) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Anderson, John, b. 1831? | | Newspaper: | Presscopy -- National Library of Scotland | | Title: | The Story of the Life of John Anderson, ed. by Harper Twelvetrees, pp. 114-117 | | Date Published: | 1863 | | Notes: | Anecdotal story regarding one man's escape from slavery. (Includes MP3 audio file.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Truth, Sojourner, d. 1883 | | Newspaper: | National Anti-Slavery Standard | | Title: | A Speech by Sojourner Truth | | Date Published: | 1863-07-11 | | Notes: | Moving speech against prejudice delivered before a group of white children, and their teachers and parents at a Sunday School convention. (Includes mp3 audio file.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884 | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | Annual Meeting of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society | | Date Published: | 1864-02-05 | | Notes: | The speaker called for the continued efforts toward complete abolition of slavery. Even though the Emancipation Proclamation had been delivered, some states were exempt. Kidnapping and the sale of former slaves were taking place in these states. (Includes MP3 audio file.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884 | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | New England Anti-Slavery Convention | | Date Published: | 1864-06-03 | | Notes: | The speaker urged caution in celebrating the end of slavery until they were sure it was really over. (Includes MP3 audio file.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Davis, William A., fl. 1862-1864 | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | New England Anti-Slavery Convention | | Date Published: | 1864-06-03 | | Notes: | The speaker emphasized that while it seemed as if slavery was coming to an end, the work for civil rights for African Americans was just beginning. (Includes MP3 audio file) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884 | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | Anti-Slavery Celebration at Framingham, July 4th, 1865 | | Date Published: | 1865-07-14 | | Notes: | The speaker expresses his concern that the promises made by Abraham Lincoln and the freeing of the slaves would not be realized. He urges the abolitionists to continue fighting for freedom and suffrage. (Includes MP3 audio file.) |
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