The Alma Stephenson Dever Page – Speeches
(1949) Nnamdi Azikiwe Speaks at a Rally for Nigerian Independence at Trafalgar Square, London
In 1949 it was far from clear as to whether or when Great Britain would grant independence to Nigeria. Nonetheless...
(1846) Lewis Richardson, “I am Free From American Slavery” 1846
By the 1840s a number of fugitive slaves, the most prominent being Frederick Douglass, took to the lecture circuit usually...
(1841) Charles Lenox Remond, “Slavery and the Irish”
In November 1841 Charles Lenox Remond, while still on his European tour, gave a speech before the Hibernian Antislavery Society...
(1841) Charles Lenox Remond, “Slavery As It Concerns The British”
Charles Lenox Remond (1810-1878), was one of the earliest black abolitionist speakers. Born in Salem, Massachusetts to free black parents,...
