Book on the history of African Americans in the U.S., 1922
Tag Archives: abolition
John Brown
Biography of the abolitionist John Brown, written by W. E. B. Du Bois, 1909
The Free Negro in Slavery Days: The Third Article in the Story of the Negro
News article: Essay by Booker T. Washington as part of a series, 1909
[Presidential proclamation implementing Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves in States in rebellion]
Presidential Emancipation Proclamation, 1863
Proclamation of Emancipation: Freedom of the Slaves in Rebellious States on the First Day of January Next.
News article: On the Emancipation Proclamation, 1862
The Emancipation Proclamation
News article: On the writing of the Emancipation Proclamation, 1864
Emancipation Proclamation.
News article: On the Emancipation Proclamation, 1863
Colored People of Memphis Celebrating the Emancipation Proclamation
News article: On Memphis celebrations of the Emancipation Proclamation, 1864
Effects of the President’s Emancipation Proclamation: A Bombshell in the Rebel Camp.
News article: On resolutions against the Emancipation Proclamation, 1862
Is Slavery Dead
News article: On the effects of the Emancipation on slavery and the civil war, 1864
37 S. 252 (1861-1863)
A bill abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia., 1862
Prohibition of slavery in new states.
Prohibition of slavery in new States, petition from American convention for promoting abolition of slavery held at Philadelphia, 1819
37 S. 216 (1861-1863)
A bill to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia., 1862
No Slavery in Nebraska– No Slavery in the Nation– Slavery an Outlaw: Speech of Gerrit Smith, on the Nebraska Bill, in the U.S. House of Representatives, April 6, 1854
News article: Transcription of a speech given by Gerrit Smith on the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Fugitive Slave Act, 1854
Celebrated Colored Americans
News article: biographical sketch of Nat Turn by William Wells Brown, 1861
Nat Turner
News article on Nat Turner, 1859
The Nat Turner Insurrection
News article on Nat Turner, 1859
The Colored Citizens of New York and the African Civilization Society: The African Colonization Society, Otherwise the African Civilization Society. Colored Men, Read! Rev. Henry Highland Garnet
News article: A discussion and vote on the African Colonization Society, 1860
Article 3 — No Title
An article by Henry Highland Garnet, 1863
A Letter to Mrs. Maria W. Chapman.
News article: A letter written by Henry Highland Garnet, addressed to Maria Chapman, 1843
Brutal Outrage.
News article: A letter written by Henry Highland Garnet, sent to the Liberator, 1848
Letter to Frederick Douglass, Editor of the “North Star,” from Henry Highland Garnet
Letter to Frederick Douglass, Editor of the “North Star,” from Henry Highland Garnet, 1848
An excellent selection
News article: On Rev. Henry Highland Garnet’s appointment to Minister Resident and Consul General of the United States to Liberia., 1881
Great Anti-Slavery Meeting in Canada
Newspaper article written by Wilson Abbott, 1851
Abolition of slavery.
American State Papers: Abolition of slavery, petitions of Quakers and Pennsylvania Society for Abolition of Slavery, 1790