Addresses of the Hon. W. D. Kelley, Miss Anna E. Dickinson, and Mr. Fr...
Caption title. Official communication of the Commission for United States Colored Troops: p. 8. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy inscribed in pencil on p. [1]: 40592. ... More
Free military school for applicants for commands of colored troops, No...
Also available in digital form.
The will of the people - Anti-Slavery pamphlet. Library of Congress.
At head of title: No. 18. Campaign literature, 1864, Republican. Also available in digital form.
The Negro's place in nature: a paper read before the London Anthropolo...
Introduction signed: J. H. Van Evrie, M.D. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Addresses and ceremonies at the New Year's festival to the freedmen, o...
Addresses to freedmen of Washington, D.C., in January 1867, mostly by local citizens, concerning the present state of freed slaves in the South and North. Also contains reports on African Americans education in... More
Issues at the Presidential election : speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, a...
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy inscribed on t.p.: 41. LC copy formerly part of YA Collection: YA 8717. Source: Source unknown.
A letter to Hon. Charles Sumner, with "statements" of outrages upon fr...
Differs from another edition only in printing on t.-p.: Compliments of the author. Also available in digital form.
Extract from a speech of Hon. Gerrit Smith, to his neighbors in Peterb...
Caption title. Republican campaign literature, 1872. Also available in digital form.
The fourteenth amendment to the Constitution considered : the right to...
This legal case probes the intent and scope of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the U.S. Constitution. The justices give a broad defense of individual civil rights as protected from infringement by state ... More
Equality before the law protected by national statute : speeches of Ho...
Speeches and debates by and involving Sumner in the Senate as he proposed to amend the 1866 Civil Rights Act to ensure equal rights to African Americans in the South. Sumner discusses race, the separate but equ... More
Proceedings of the semi-centenary celebration of the African Methodist...
Development and history of the AME Church in Cincinnati: its founding, ministers, and testimonials thereto; the history and organization of the various congregations of the AME Church in Cincinnati; the rise an... More
Biography of Rev. David Smith of the A.M.E. Church; being a complete h...
"The history of the origin and development of Wilberforce University, by Bishop Daniel A. Payne": p. [99]-132. Source: Bequest of Daniel Murray, 1925. LAC ael 2019-02-26 no edits (1 card)
Illiteracy and its social, political and industrial effects : an addre...
A speech about illiteracy in the U.S., with special attention to the South, including African Americans. Included statistics on illiteracy in the South. Also available in digital form.
The black woman of the South : her neglects and her needs
Crummell, pastor of St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., from 1879-1898, spoke out for black liberation and founded the Negro Academy. This speech focuses on the status of African American women in ... More
Winning an empire - Anti-Slavery pamphlet. Library of Congress.
Fourth annual paper on Africa prepared by Mr. William Coppinger, secretary of the American Colonization Society, and published in the Baltimore Sun on December 31, 1883. Also available in digital form on the Li... More
Emigration to Liberia: report of the Standing Committee on Emigration ...
Caption title. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Twenty-fourth annual report of the National Association for the Relief...
Act of Incorporation and by-laws; officers for 1887; annual report of activities, inmates and placement of children; children's letters; and donations. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
The new slavery - Anti-Slavery pamphlet. Library of Congress.
Caption title. Imprint date inferred from text. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy formerly part of YA Collection: YA 17118. Source: Source unknown.
The race problem in the South - African American Perspectives Material...
LeConte was the son of a former slave-owner in Georgia and president of the Society for the Advancement of Science. In response to the question of what is to be done with freed slaves, LeConte argues for the se... More
Constitution adopted by the Committee of Twenty-Five, Washington, D.C....
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Proceedings of the National Congress of Free and Accepted Masons of th...
Contains the Congress's program; membership qualifications and candidates thereto; rejection of a National Grand Lodge; etc. Southern freemasons figure prominently in these proceedings. Also available in digita... More
A sermon on lynch law and raping
Emanuel K. Love, a prominent Baptist cleric, was at this time minister in Savannah, GA. Here, he discusses lynchings, charges of rape, and mob violence against African Americans in the South. He advocates equal... More
Light after darkness : being an up-to-date history of the American Neg...
A brief history of African American and slavery in the U.S. and the post-Civil War achievements and current state of black Americans with respect to population, the arts, literature, and politics. Benjamin was ... More
The higher education of the colored people of the South
A consideration of what type of education is best suited to blacks in Liberia and in the South. Browne, an influential educator and graduate of Howard University and Princeton Theological Seminary, favors eleme... More
Elihu Embree, abolitionist - African American Perspectives Materials
Elihu Embree, who died in 1820, was an early abolitionist in Tennessee and active in the cause before people like Garrison and Lundy. Included here are excerpts from the Emancipator (a serial) that Embree edite... More
The Negro as a soldier in the War of the Rebellion
Hallowell reviews the record of African Americans in Union armies during the Civil War, using two Massachusetts regiments of black troops as examples. Includes information on place of birth and occupation, uneq... More
The race problem during American Civil War
Williams reproduces two letters here. The first -- an open letter to the Chicago daily tribune -- protests the treatment of African Americans since the Civil War and asking when a so-called Christian people wil... More
Address, delivered before the Georgia State Industrial College for Col...
A graduation address in which Arnett, A.M.E. bishop of South Carolina and Georgia, speaks about the social and educational achievements of African Americans and about prospects for future achievements and equal... More
The Negro and the intelligence and property franchise
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Dr. Johnson's blood-purifying compound infusion golden seal : one bott...
Johnson, a botanist and an electrician, advertises here his "health-restoring and life-prolonging tonic," together with testimonials and advertisements for other patent medicines. Cover title. "Acts upon the li... More
Polite and cultured conversation
An essay on the delights of the art of conversation and the need to educate for and to practice good conversation. Wears, a barber and Republican politician in Philadelphia, was active in the struggle for black... More
A Republican text-book for colored voters
A highly partisan campaign booklet for black voters, designed to show them that they have prospered under the Republican Party and thus to persuade them to vote Republican in upcoming elections. Cover title. Al... More
The training of Negroes for social power
Caption title. "From the New York Outlook." Source: Bequest of Daniel Murray, 1925.
Complimentary dinner to Hon. Edward H. Morris of Chicago, Illinois : S...
Contains only the dinner menu and list of guests, who come from as far away as Florida and Wyoming. Morris was a famed African American criminal lawyer in Chicago who at the time was in his second term in the I... More
An elegy written in a country churchyard
This pamphlet contains the famed elegy by the English poet, Thomas Gray. It may have been included in Daniel Murray's pamphlet collection because of the inscription and sketches by Murray's son, Nathaniel, on t... More
The national providence, essays
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Life's demands, or, According to law
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Minutes of the twentieth session of the American Convention for Promot...
Proceedings, resolutions, and reports on slavery and anti-slavery societies in U.S. Minutes of the adjourned session of the 20th meeting (Baltimore, Nov. 1828) were separately published. "Published by order of ... More
A few facts respecting the American Colonization Society and the colon...
Also available in digital form.
Address to the electors of Charleston District, South Carolina, on the...
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site and the Internet Archive Web site.
A history of Oberlin : or New lights of the West. Embracing the conduc...
Smith traces the history of Oberlin, Ohio, and its college and seminary, from which he was expelled and of which he is quite contemptible. He also gives an account of abolitionism at Oberlin, including the role... More
Immediate, not gradual abolition, or, An inquiry into the shortest, sa...
First published in England, 1824. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
An Address to the anti-slavery Christians of the United States
Caption title. "In behalf of the American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society."--p. [1]. LC copy formerly part of YA Collection: YA 16846. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Source... More
Prayer for the oppressed : a premium tract
"No. 38"--Cover. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy imperfect: p. 3-4 of cover wanting; pencilled inscription on cover: JCS. LC copy formerly part of YA Collection: YA 2... More
African colonization--its principles and aims
Also available in digital form.
Emancipation and the war: compensation essential to peace and civiliza...
Caption title. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site, and on microfilm.
Review of Rev. Henry J. Van Dyke's discourse on "The character and inf...
Also available in digital form. LAC brd 2019-04-26 no edits (1 card) Copy 2 is in Stern Coll. LAC brd 2019-04-26
Train's speeches in England, on slavery and emancipation: delivered in...
From the London American of March 12 and 19, 1862. Also available in digital form.
The African slave trade. The secret purpose of the insurgents to reviv...
"A reproduction of some recent editorials of the National intelligencer." Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
La traite et l'esclavage des noirs
Colophon: Imprimerie de M. Urlichs à Aix-la-Chapelle. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Source: Source unknown. LC copy formerly part of YA Collection: YA 17737.
Christianity versus treason and slavery: religion rebuking sedition
Also available in digital form. LAC aaa 2019-06-04 no edits (1 card) LAC rwp 2019-06-17 review
A speech - Anti-Slavery pamphlet. Library of Congress.
Caption title. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Constitution of the Educational Monument Association to the Memory of ...
The purpose and the organizational structure of the Association, formed by African American citizens of the District of Columbia for the purpose of erecting a national monument to Lincoln in the form of an educ... More
The Freedmen's Bureau : reports of Generals Steedman and Fullerton on ...
Caption title. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy formerly part of YA Collection: YA 16626. Source: Source unknown.
Constitution, by-laws, and rules of the Home for Aged and Infirm Color...
Report of the establishment and administration of the home and events of the first year. Lists officers, life members, donors, and inmates admitted with biographical sketches of some inmates; treasurer's report... More
The Negro's place in nature: a paper read before the London Anthropolo...
Introduction signed: J. H. Van Evrie, M.D. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Report of the Assistant Commissioner for Alabama
1866- At head of title: Bureau of Refugees and Freedmen. Report year ends Sept. 30. Issue for 1867 also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. PREMARC/SERLOC merged record
Address by Daniel Ullmann, LL.D., before the Soldier's and Sailor's Un...
Ullmann, a white officer, explains how at Lincoln's direction he organized and armed freed slaves in Louisiana during the Civil War, and he gives his assessment of African American troops based on this experien... More
Address of Hon. Matt. Carpenter, U.S. Senator, to the graduating class...
Practical advice on the training and the practice of the law that produces a good lawyer. Carpenter was a senator from Wisconsin. Cover title. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Equality before the law protected by national statute : speeches of Ho...
Speeches and debates by and involving Sumner in the Senate as he proposed to amend the 1866 Civil Rights Act to ensure equal rights to African Americans in the South. Sumner discusses race, the separate but equ... More
Virginia Colonization Company - Anti-Slavery pamphlet. Library of Cong...
Written by William de Rohan. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy annotated by the author and inscribed. LC copy formerly part of YA Collection: YA 20811. LC copy has 1874... More
African colonization: an address before the American Colonization Soci...
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Bound with: American Colonization Society. Annual report, v. 9, 53d-60th, 1870-77.
"Wait on the Lord" - African American Perspectives Materials
Emanuel K. Love, a prominent Baptist cleric, was at this time a minister at Thomasville, Ga. Here, he preaches a religious message with political overtones: his theme is the "elevation" of the black race in the... More
A defence of the Negro race in America from the assaults and charges o...
Crummell, pastor of St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., from 1879 to 1898, spoke out for black liberation and founded the Negro Academy. Crummell gives here broad defense of the African American in... More
The black woman of the South : her neglects and her needs
Crummell, pastor of St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., from 1879-1898, spoke out for black liberation and founded the Negro Academy. This speech focuses on the status of African American women in ... More
Common sense in common schooling : a sermon
Crummell, pastor of St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., from 1879 to 1898, spoke out for black liberation and founded the Negro Academy. He gives a critique of seeming trends in African American ed... More
The Negro race, retrospective and prospective, or, The Negro's past an...
Taylor, an African American Baptist minister from Johnstown, Pa., writes to encourage African Americans to redeem themselves from the blight of slavery. He discusses the black race from antiquity to slavery and... More
Proceedings of the trustees of the John F. Slater Fund for the Educati...
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy formerly part of YA Collection: YA 17750. Source: Source unknown.
Annual report of the Colored Industrial Training School, ending May 20...
Contains a statement from the school's president about the value of education in industrial arts; a list of contributors and their contributions to the school; a treasurer's report; and the rules of the school.... More
Catalogue and circular of the Branch Normal College of the Arkansas In...
A catalogue describing the teacher training facilities and program of the college. Lists trustees, alumni, and students; courses of study; and a description of physical facilities. LC copy has inscription in in... More
How to get church members to work : a brief and pointed exposition of ...
Person, pastor of a Colored Methodist Episcopal Church in Texas, discusses obstacles in the way of effective church work among laity and clergy and proposes remedies for these obstacles. Pref. signed and dated:... More
Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Communication of the Grand Chapter, O...
A report on the state of a number of chapters across Arkansas; receipts and expenditures; business matters, etc. Internal evidence suggests that this was an African American organization. Also available in digi... More
The Negro as a soldier - African American Perspectives Materials
Fleetwood was an African American who rose to rank of sergeant-major and received the Congressional Medal of Honor. He gives an account of the African American soldier from the Revolutionary War to the Civil Wa... More
Proceedings of the trustees of the John F. Slater Fund for the Educati...
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy formerly part of YA Collection: YA 17761. Source: Source unknown.
How shall the colored youth of the South be educated?
Mayo, an African American minister from Massachusetts, addresses the educational status of African Americans in the rural South, saying that the real need is for locally based and supported schools, especially ... More
Elihu Embree, abolitionist - African American Perspectives Materials
Elihu Embree, who died in 1820, was an early abolitionist in Tennessee and active in the cause before people like Garrison and Lundy. Included here are excerpts from the Emancipator (a serial) that Embree edite... More
A sermon on the war : "the duty of colored citizens to their country" ...
Proctor urges African Americans to support the war effort against Spain and to enroll in the U.S. Army, thereby making a good statement for themselves and demonstrating their loyalty, even the face of continued... More
Report of the ninth biennial meeting ..
Held at St. Louis, in the A.M.E. Zion Church, Oct. 4-8, 1898. Title on spine: G.U.O. Odd Fellows--Report 9, 1898. Source: Bequest of Daniel Murray, 1925.
Anne M. Purvis during American Civil War
Eulogy for Anne M. Purvis of Maine, who worked and taught among freed slaves after the Civil War in Washington, Richmond, and Hampton. Main eulogy delivered by Rev. Francis F. Grimke, author, civic leader in Wa... More
Some aspects of the race problem in the South
A reasoned assessment of the situation of blacks in the U.S. and the common responsibility of North and South for creating and solving America's "race problem." Covers the history of slavery in U.S. and the sta... More
Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Convocation of the most excellent Roy...
Contains an account of the establishment of freemasonry in Arkansas and an oration on female masonry in addition to the election of officers, a treasurer's report, etc. LC copy has inscription in ink on t.p.: 1... More
Army reorganization : speech of Hon. George H. White, of North Carolin...
White, an African American Congressman from North Carolina, in speaking in favor of annexation of the Philippines, pleads for equal treatment and respect for blacks and whites and says African Americans want ju... More
To the colored men of voting age in the southern states
Caption title. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy has ink stamp on p. [1]: Committee of Twelve for the Advancement of the Interests of the Negro Race, Cheyney, Pa. LC c... More
Jessamine poems - African American Perspectives Materials
Franklin was an African American poet writing for the Paris World's Fair. He gives here several poems on a wide variety of subjects, all purely literary and artistic, including one on the death of Frederick Dou... More
The blood red record : a review of the horrible lynchings and burning ...
Lists of lynched and burned African Americans in the US after 1893. Bruce condemns such lynchings and treatment of blacks at the hands of so-called "civilized," Christian whites, mostly but not entirely in the ... More
Education of the Negro - African American Perspectives Materials
Scottron, an African American scholar from Brooklyn, speaks about education and the future of the African American. He favors training in manual arts and in the trades as a faster way to improve the lot of Afri... More
Some lessons from the assassination of President William McKinley
Grimke, African American author, pastor of the 15th Street Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C., and a prominent civic activist, praises the black man named Parker who prevented a third shot from being fired... More
Immigration to the cities : address of Dr. W.S. Montgomery, assistant ...
"Delivered before the Third Annual Meeting of the National Association of Colored A. and M. Colleges and Schools for Secondary and Higher Education, held at Memphis, Tenn., December 28, 29 and 30, 1904." Also a... More
Address of Senator Foraker at Arlington, Memorial Day, May 30, 1905
An oration on the causes and results of the Civil War. Sen. Foraker comments briefly on African Americans, whom he sees as having accomplished much since Emancipation. Caption title. Also available in digital f... More
An elegy written in a country churchyard
This pamphlet contains the famed elegy by the English poet, Thomas Gray. It may have been included in Daniel Murray's pamphlet collection because of the inscription and sketches by Murray's son, Nathaniel, on t... More
Quarter centennial of Livingstone College and industrial school, Salis...
"J. C. Price memorial souvenir." Source: Bequest of Daniel Murray, 1925.
The crime of crimes; or, The convict system unmasked,
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
The national providence, essays
Picryl description: Public domain image - rare book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
The General Convention and the Negro problem; a review of the controve...
"Read at the 'Round Table' of the Clergy of Chicago, October 6th, 1913." Source: The bequest of Daniel Murray, Washington, D.C. 1925. LAC ael 2019-01-16 update (1 card)
Life's demands, or, According to law
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Remarks upon a plan for the total abolition of slavery in the United S...
Also available in digital form.
On the British African Colonization Society, to which are added, some ...
"A letter from Jeremiah Hubbard, a minister amongst the Society of Friends in North Carolina, addressed to a friend in England": p. 22-32. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
An account of the interviews which took place on the fourth and eighth...
Also available in digital form.
The minutes and proceedings of the First Annual Meeting of the America...
The philosophy and declarations of society together with the resolutions that established the society. Also, the report and minutes of the first annual meeting, which included a list of delegates. Also availabl... More
Narrative of Henry Watson, a fugitive slave
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy has illegible inscription in ink on cover and is also inscribed in pencil. On t.p.: April 1, 1874; on verso of t.p.: 114219 '08. LC co... More