Title: Black abolitionist papers
Description: This collection searches a unique set of primary sources, originally microfilmed and published in 1981, from African Americans actively involved in the movement to end slavery in the United States between 1830 and 1865. The content includes letters, speeches, editorials, articles, sermons, and essays from libraries and archives in England, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, and the United States. Over 15,000 items written by nearly 300 Black men and women are available for searching. It also provides access to the five volume series, Black abolitionist papers, of edited and annotated representative documents.
Subjects: Antislavery movements, Sources, African American abolitionists, History, Abolitionists, African Americans
Places: United States
Time periods: 19th century, To 1863