Letter from Abraham Lincoln to the Illinois Gazette (1846): Religious Views
Mr. Ford:— I see in your paper of the 8th inst. a communication in relation to myself, of which it is perhaps expected of me to take some notice. Shortly […]
The Doom of the Black Power
The days of the Black Power are numbered. Its course, indeed, is onward, but with the swiftness of an arrow, it rushes to the tomb. While crushing its millions, it […]
Speech on the Dred Scott Decision
Source: Douglass, Frederick. “The Dred Scott Decision,” in Two Speeches, by Frederick Douglass; One on West India Emancipation, Delivered at Canandaigua, Aug. 4th, and the Other on the Dred Scott […]
Letter from Frederick Douglass to Harriet Beecher Stowe (1853)
My Dear Mrs. Stowe: You kindly informed me, when at your house, a fortnight ago, that you designed to do something which should permanently contribute to the improvement and elevation […]
An Address to the Colored People of the United States
Fellow Countrymen: Under a solemn sense of duty, inspired by our relation to you as fellow sufferers under the multiplied and grievous wrongs to which we as a people are […]
What Are the Colored People Doing for Themselves?
The present is a time when every colored man in the land should bring this important question home to his own heart. It is not enough to know that white […]
Speech in Reply to Douglas at Springfield, Illinois
Fellow-citizens: Another election which is deemed an important one is approaching, and, as I suppose, the Republican party will without much difficulty elect their State ticket. But in regard to […]
Inaugural Address (1805)
Thomas Jefferson, Inaugural Address Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/202013 PROCEEDING, fellow citizens, to that qualification which the constitution requires before my entrance […]
Annual Message to Congress (1825)
Message of the President to Both houses of Congress, 19th Cong., 1st sess., Register of Debates in Congress, Appendix p. 2. https://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llrd&fileName=003/llrd003.db&recNum=537 Fellow-Citizens of the Senate and of […]
African Colonization–By a Man of Color
To the Editors of The Tribune: As the infant Republic of Liberia is now attracting the attention of the enlightened nations, and the press of both England and America, I […]