The Black Abolitionist Papers
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The Black Abolitionist Papers

Vol. III: The United States, 1830-1846

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The Black Abolitionist Papers

Vol. III: The United States, 1830-1846

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This five-volume documentary collection — culled from an international archival search that turned up over 14,000 letters, speeches, pamphlets, essays, and newspaper editorials — reveals how black abolitionists represented the core of the antislavery movement. While the first two volumes consider black abolitionists in the British Isles and Canada (the home of some 60,000 black Americans on the eve of the Civil War), the remaining volumes examine the activities and opinions of black abolitionists in the United States from 1830 until the end of the Civil War. In particular, these volumes focus on their reactions to African colonization and the idea of gradual emancipation, the Fugitive Slave Law, and the promise brought by emancipation during the war.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Abbreviations
  4. Editorial Statement
  5. Introduction to the American Series: Black Abolitionists in the United States, 1830–1865
  6. 1. The Colonization Controversy
  7. 2. James Forten to William Lloyd Garrison 31 December 1830, 6 May 1832
  8. 3. William Watkins to William Lloyd Garrison 12 February 1831
  9. 4. William Watkins to William Lloyd Garrison May 1831
  10. 5. Address by Abraham D. Shadd, Peter Spencer, and William S. Thomas 12 July 1831
  11. 6. Address by Abraham D. Shadd, William Hamilton, and William Whipper 13 June 1832
  12. 7. Speech by Sarah M. Douglass Delivered before the Female Literary Society of Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [June 1832]
  13. 8. Speech by William Whipper Delivered before the Colored Temperance Society of Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 8 January 1834
  14. 9. Constitution of the Colored Anti-Slavery Society of Newark 9 May 1834
  15. 10. James R. Bradley to Lydia Maria Child 3 June 1834
  16. 11. Sarah L. Forten to Elizabeth H. Whittier 23 March 1835
  17. 12. Address by William Whipper, Alfred Niger, and Augustus Price 3 June 1835
  18. 13. Speech by James Forten, Jr. Delivered before the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 14 April 1836
  19. 14. Founding the New York Committee of Vigilance
  20. 15. Theodore S. Wright and Racial Prejudice
  21. 16. Address by William Watkins, Jacob M. Moore, and Jacob C. White, Sr. [November 1836]
  22. 17. Sarah L. Forten to Elizabeth H. Whittier 25 December 1836
  23. 18. Speech by Charles W. Gardner Delivered at the Broadway Tabernacle New York, New York 9 May 1837
  24. 19. Editorial by Samuel E. Cornish 4 March 1837
  25. 20. Editorial by Samuel E. Cornish 4 March 1837
  26. 21. Sarah L. Forten to Angelina E. Grimké 15 April 1837
  27. 22. Debating the Causes of Racial Prejudice
  28. 23. William Watkins to Samuel E. Cornish 8 June 1837
  29. 24. “A Colored American” to Samuel E. Cornish 2 August 1837
  30. 25. Speech by William Whipper Delivered at the First African Presbyterian Church Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 16 August 1837
  31. 26. Memorial by Charles W. Gardner and Frederick A. Hinton 6 January 1838
  32. 27. Lewis Woodson to Samuel E. Cornish 7 February 1838
  33. 28. Editorial by Samuel E. Cornish 10 February 1838
  34. 29. Editorial by Samuel E. Cornish 15 March 1838
  35. 30. Editorial by Samuel E. Cornish 9 June 1838
  36. 31. Benjamin F. Roberts to Amos A. Phelps 19 June 1838
  37. 32. Editorial by Samuel E. Cornish 30 June 1838
  38. 33. ”Junius” to Samuel E. Cornish [July 1838]
  39. 34. William Watkins to John P. Burr 13 August 1838
  40. 35. Augustus W. Hanson to William Lloyd Garrison 3 November 1838
  41. 36. Speech by Peter Paul Simons Delivered before the African Clarkson Association New York, New York 23 April 1839
  42. 37. Speech by Andrew Harris Delivered at the Broadway Tabernacle New York, New York 7 May 1839
  43. 38. Boston Blacks Defend William Lloyd Garrison
  44. 39. Editorial by Charles B. Ray 13 July 1839
  45. 40. Charles Lenox Remond to Austin Willey 27 October 1839
  46. 41. David J. Peck and George B. Vashon to Charles B. Ray and Philip A. Bell 14 November 1839
  47. 42. Essay by Lewis Woodson 29 November 1839
  48. 43. Essay by “A Colored Woman” [November 1839]
  49. 44. Thomas Van Rensellaer to “Colored Abolitionists” [April 1840]
  50. 45. Charles B. Ray to James G. Birney and Henry B. Stanton 20 May 1840
  51. 46. Samuel Ringgold Ward to Nathaniel P. Rogers 27 June 1840
  52. 47. Reviving the Black Convention Movement
  53. 48. John W. Lewis to the Executive Committee of the New Hampshire Anti-Slavery Society 28 December 1840
  54. 49. Essay by “Sidney” [February 1841]
  55. 50. William C. Nell to William Lloyd Garrison July 1841
  56. 51. Lewis Woodson to [Lewis Tappan] 31 January 1842
  57. 52. Testimony by Charles Lenox Remond Delivered at the Massachusetts State House Boston, Massachusetts 10 February 1842
  58. 53. Editorial by Stephen A. Myers 3 March 1842
  59. 54. Editorial by Stephen A. Myers 10 March 1842
  60. 55. Samuel Ringgold Ward to Gerrit Smith 18 April 1842
  61. 56. Jeremiah B. Sanderson to William C. Nell 19 June 1842
  62. 57. Robert Purvis to Henry Clarke Wright 22 August 1842
  63. 58. Narrative by Lewis G. Clarke October 1842
  64. 59. Annual Report of the Colored Vigilant Committee of Detroit Delivered at Detroit City Hall Detroit, Michigan 10 January 1843
  65. 60. Speech by Henry Highland Garnet Delivered before the National Convention of Colored Citizens Buffalo, New York 16 August 1843
  66. 61. Henry Johnson to Austin Willey 31 August 1843
  67. 62. Charles Lenox Remond to Isaac and Amy Post 27 September 1843
  68. 63. Antislavery and the Black Clergy
  69. 64. William Jones to the United States Congress 28 December 1843
  70. 65. James McCune Smith to Horace Greeley 29 January 1844
  71. 66. Speech by Charles Lenox Remond Delivered at Marlboro Chapel Boston, Massachusetts 29 May 1844
  72. 67. Resolutions by a Meeting of Boston Blacks Convened at the First Independent Baptist Church, Boston, Massachusetts 18 June 1844
  73. 68. Jehiel C. Beman to Joshua Leavitt 10 August 1844
  74. 69. William P. Powell to the Members of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society 21 January 1845
  75. 70. Henry Bibb to James G. Birney 25 February 1845
  76. 71. Jeremiah B. Sanderson to Amy Post 8 May 1845
  77. 72. Ransom F. Wake, John Peterson, Alexander Crummell, Henry Williams, Daniel J. Elston, George Montgomery, Benjamin Stanly, and John J. Zuille to Gerrit Smith 13 June 1845
  78. 73. J. W. C. Pennington to J. P. Williston 20 February 1846
  79. 74. James McCune Smith to Gerrit Smith 28 December 1846
  80. Index