 | |
| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-04-15 | | Notes: | The writer encourages African Americans to pursue farming and other agricultural employment to offer a positive contribution to society. |
| |
| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-07-15 | | Notes: | The writer offers advice for those interested in purchasing real estate. He advises African Americans to become farmers and not invest in city property. However, he does recommend buying land as soon as the individual is able and he gives advice on what to look for if the purchase must be a city lot. |
| |
| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Colored American (1837 - 1842) | | Date Published: | 1837-11-04 | | Notes: | The writer encourages his readers to take up agriculture. He believes that owning land, tilling the soil, and producing crops is a noble and honorable endeavor. By choosing professions in mechanics and farming, African Americans can become a vital part of the foundation of the country. |
| |
| Speaker or Author: | Ward, Samuel Ringgold, b. 1817 | | Newspaper: | Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851) | | Date Published: | 1849-11-21 | | Notes: | The writer describes his travels and experiences while on a lecture tour of New York and the surrounding area. |
| |
| Speaker or Author: | Pennington, James W. C. | | Newspaper: | Presscopy -- Congregational Library -- Anti-Slavery Pamphlets | | Title: | A Lecture Delivered Before the Glasgow Young Men's Christian Association; And Also Before the St. George's Biblical, Literary, and Scientific Institute, London | | Date Published: | 1850 | | Notes: | Speech regarding the injustices of slavery and prejudice emphasizing the extreme cruelity that can result from fear and hatred in mass populations. The speaker noted that while slavery intended to make "beasts of burden" of human bodies, the reality of slavery demonstrated that the institution was instead a battle to chain human minds. |
| |
| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852) | | Date Published: | 1851-02-26 | | Notes: | The writer announces an upcoming lecture by Henry Bibb on the subject of agriculture. |
| |
| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852) | | Date Published: | 1851-03-12 | | Notes: | The writer encourages his readers to read a letter published in another part of the newspaper regarding land prices in Canada and the benefits of settling there. |
| |
| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852) | | Date Published: | 1851-03-12 | | Notes: | The writer discusses the agricultural value of growing flax and hemp, two crops that do well in Canadian soil. |
| |
| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852) | | Date Published: | 1851-03-26 | | Notes: | After living off charity and donations of food and clothing, the editor tells his readers that the time has come for the fugitive slaves and the poor to begin fending for themselves. He suggests that now they "produce what they consume" and stop living as beggars. The cost of shipping donations of food and clothing would be better spent on education and land. |
| |
| Newspaper: | Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852) |
| Title: | Number II. |
| Date Published: | 1851-04-09 |
| Notes: | The writer tells his readers that what the fugitive slaves living in Canada need more than anything right now is knowledge and strength. Instead of clothing and food, he asks those who want to help to contribute land and education. These will better help the poor and fugitives build their own futures. |
| Speaker or Author: | Farm Work for March. | | Newspaper: | Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852) | | Date Published: | 1851-04-09 | | Notes: | The writer discusses the current planting season and makes suggestions to farmers. |
| |
| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852) | | Date Published: | 1851-06-01 | | Notes: | The writer shares two resolutions regarding fugitive slaves living in Canada that were passed at a recent state convention held in Michigan. |
| |
| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852) | | Date Published: | 1851-06-01 | | Notes: | Brief overview of a convention held in Detroit to organize the purchase of land to house fugitive slaves living in Canada. |
| |
| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852) | | Date Published: | 1851-06-18 | | Notes: | The writer tells his readers that while Detroit receives most of what Canadian farmers produce, there is a large market for these goods in the local area. |
| |
| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852) | | Date Published: | 1851-07-02 | | Notes: | The writer encourages his readers to purchase land set aside for the well being of the poor and the refugees from slavery living in Canada. |
| |
| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852) | | Date Published: | 1851-07-30 | | Notes: | The writer tells his readers the details for the upcoming anti-slavery convention to be held in Toronto. To be addressed are issues including the moral, mental, and physical education of those of African descent, along with the idea of abandoning menial employment for agricultural pursuits, and an allegiance to a government that protects their liberty. |
| |
| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852) | | Date Published: | 1851-07-30 | | Notes: | The writer provides an overview of the city of Chicago and tells about his visit there. |
| |
| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852) | | Title: | Flax Cotton in England. | | Date Published: | 1851-07-30 | | Notes: | With the introduction of Chevalier Claussen's new cotton processing for flax, the writer sees an opportunity for northern free labor (in terms of agricultural endeavors) to compete with southern cotton growers and finally put an end to the system of slavery. |
| |
| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852) | | Date Published: | 1851-08-13 | | Notes: | The writer provides an update on the current status of the fugitive slaves and refugees living in Canada. |
| |
| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852) | | Date Published: | 1851-10-08 | | Notes: | The writer tells his readers that land donated to African Americans in New York by Gerrit Smith was being taken by speculators. This act of generosity is now part of a great fraud and attempt to discourage recipients from settling on it. |
| |
| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852) | | Date Published: | 1851-10-08 | | Notes: | Brief overview of a recent agricultural fair held in Detroit. |
| |
| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852) | | Date Published: | 1851-12-03 | | Notes: | The writer takes a further look at the economic, agricultural, political, and social significance of immigration for African Americans. |
| |
| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852) | | Date Published: | 1851-12-17 | | Notes: | In order to undermine slavery, the writer suggests going elsewhere for goods like cotton, sugar, coffee, indigo and rice -- the mainstays of the southern economy under slave power. He suggests the Canadian market as the best resource for these products. |
| |
| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852) | | Date Published: | 1852-02-12 | | Notes: | The writer joins with Samuel R. Ward in asking well-meaning people to stop sending the refugees and fugitive slaves boxes of old clothes. While this helped them initially, it has now become a disservice when what they really need is investment in ways to become more independent. |
| |
| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852) | | Date Published: | 1852-03-11 | | Notes: | Brief mention of the success of Reverend Loguen's ministry amoung the refugees in St. Catherines, Ontario. |
| |
| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852) | | Date Published: | 1852-06-17 | | Notes: | Brief commentary on the abundance of crops, timber, and available farming land in Canada. |
| |
| Newspaper: | Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852) |
| Title: | editor |
| Date Published: | 1852-07-01 |
| Notes: | The writer discusses the newly formed League that will aid free people of African descent in agricultural, economic, and manufacturing pursuits. |
| Speaker or Author: | Smith, James McCune, 1813-1865 | | Newspaper: | Frederick Douglass' Paper | | Title: | National Council of the Colored People | | Date Published: | 1855-05-18 | | Notes: | The speaker emphasized the benefits of an education and mechanical training for former slaves and the nominally free. He gave examples of individuals who had overcome prejudice and were working in industry based on training, initiative, and skilled talent. |
| |
| Speaker or Author: | Cary, Mary Ann Shadd, 1823-1893 | | Newspaper: | British Banner | | Title: | American Slavery | | Date Published: | 1855-11-20 | | Notes: | Brief speech regarding fugitive slaves who had escaped to Canada and were now prospering there. The speaker called for action to promote the freedom to settle in Canada by all those who desired to do so regardless of race. |
| |
| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859) | | Date Published: | 1856-02-02 | | Notes: | The writer discusses ideas regarding leasing and farming land in the Canadian provinces. |
| |
| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859) | | Date Published: | 1856-04-12 | | Notes: | The writer offers a brief overview of the settlement of Buxton and the 140 families living there. |
| |
| Speaker or Author: | S[hadd], I[saac] D. | | Newspaper: | Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859) | | Date Published: | 1856-07-26 | | Notes: | The writer discusses the effect of the Fugitive Slave Law on the increased number of people arriving in Canada in hopes of finding the freedom they were being denied in the U.S. |
| |
| Speaker or Author: | Cary, Mary Ann Shadd, 1823-1893 | | Newspaper: | Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859) | | Date Published: | 1857-04-25 | | Notes: | The writer alerts her readers to the likely disposal of land by the Canadian government to speculators since most of it is under water. This action would remove those who have settled there in hopes of establishing a homestead. |
| |
| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862) | | Date Published: | 1859-07-23 | | Notes: | The writer stresses the importance and value of a weekly newspaper to people of African descent. The newspaper offers not only news that affects them directly, but also a sense of community and support in working together toward a common cause of elevation and improvement. |
| |
| Speaker or Author: | Crummell, Alexander, 1819-1898 | | Newspaper: | Presscopy -- New York Public Library -- Schomburg Collection | | Title: | The Progress and Prospects of the Republic of Liberia Delivered at the Annual Meeting of the New York Colonization Society, New York, May 9th, 1861 | | Date Published: | 1861 | | Notes: | Lengthy speech describing the current situation in the new colony of Monrovia in Liberia, Africa. The speaker emphasized the positive aspects of an abundance of natural resources, a freedom based society and a just government available there. (speech 23971 is a duplicate of this speech) |
| |
| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862) | | Date Published: | 1861-02-09 | | Notes: | The writer comments on the news from Hayti published in a Haytian newspaper he recently received. |
| |
| Speaker or Author: | Turley, George W. | | Newspaper: | Christian Recorder (1852 - 1856) | | Title: | Our Colorado Correspondence | | Date Published: | 1863-07-11 | | Notes: | An account of the author's travels via stage coach through small towns in Colorado. |
| |
| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Elevator (1865 - 18??) | | Date Published: | 1865-06-16 | | Notes: | The writer encourages young people to strive for obtaining the best jobs possible. Next to education, he finds this endeavor of utmost importance to their individual well-being and the advancement of the race. |
| |
