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Black Abolitionist Archive


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Alexis de Tocqueville (2)

Speaker or Author: Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873
Newspaper:National Anti-Slavery Standard
Title: Anti-Slavery Convention
Date Published: 1843-09-07
Notes: Passionate speech given at the anti-slavery convention held in Albany, N.Y. regarding the condition of the slave in the U.S. Emphasis placed on the influence of the Church and government legislation in the continuation of the institution of slavery.

Speaker or Author: Blyden, Edward Wilmot, 1832-1912.
Newspaper:Presscopy -- Lynch, Black Spokesman: Selected Published Writings of Edward Wilmot Blyden, pp. 219-222
Title: Inaugural Address at the Inaugaration of Liberia College
Date Published: 1862-01-23
Notes: Inaugural address given at the opening of Liberia College in the newly formed colony of Liberia in West Africa. The speaker gave a brief history of the Africa people who had been captured into slavery and were now given the opportunity to return to their "fatherland" and establish a successful country based on freedom and liberty.