Protest in Illinois Legislature on Slavery
Resolutions upon the subject of domestic slavery having passed both branches of the General Assembly at its present session, the undersigned hereby protest against the passage of the same. They […]
The Congress Sends Twelve Amendments to the States
Source: The Essential Bill of Rights, ed. Gordon Lloyd and Margie Lloyd, (Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1998), 353-355. Article the first . . . After the first enumeration […]
House Approves Seventeen Amendments
ARTICLE THE FIRST After the first enumeration, required by the first Article of the Constitution, there shall be one Representative for every thirty thousand, until the number shall amount to […]
The Folly of Colonization
But I now come to another proposition, held up as a solution of the rare problem, and this I consider equally unworthy with the one just disposed of. The two […]
African Civilization Society
“But I entreated you to tell your readers what your objections are to the civilization and christianization of Africa. What objection have you to colored men in this country engaging […]
Letter from Abraham Lincoln to Williamson Durley (1845)
Friend Durley: When I saw you at home, it was agreed that I should write to you and your brother Madison. Until I then saw you, I was not aware […]
Prejudice Not Natural: “The American Colonization Society”
Frederick Douglass, “The American Colonization Society,” The Liberator, June 8, 1849. Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) was a former slave who became a leading abolitionist. . . . It is because the […]
Things As They Are
“And if thou boast TRUTH to utter, SPEAK, and leave the rest to God.” In presenting this work, we have but a single object in view, and that is, to […]
A Glance at Ourselves — Conclusion
With broken hopes — sad, devastation; A race resigned to DEGREDATION! We have said much to our young men and women, about their vocation and calling; we have dwelt much […]
Means of Elevation
Moral theories have long been resorted to by us, as a means of effecting the redemption of our brethren in bonds, and the elevation of the free colored people in […]