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Tables of Contents for Lift Every Voice
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Introduction
1
19
1. I Speak to Those Who Are in Slavery
20
7
Cyrus Bustill, September 18, 1787
2. You Stand on the Level with the Greatest Kings on Earth
27
11
John Marrant, June 24, 1789
3. A Charge Delivered to the Brethren of the African Lodge
38
7
Prince Hall, June 25, 1792
4. Pray God Give Us the Strength to Bear Up Under All Our Troubles
45
7
Prince Hall, June 24, 1797
5. Address to the People of Color
52
4
Abraham Johnstone, July 1797
6. Eulogy for Washington
56
3
Richard Allen, December 29, 1799
7. Universal Salvation
59
7
Lemuel Haynes, June 1805
8. Abolition of the Slave Trade
66
7
Peter Williams, Jr., January 1, 1808
9. A Thanksgiving Sermon
73
7
Absalom Jones, January 1, 1808
10. Mutual Interest, Mutual Benefit, and Mutual Relief
80
6
William Hamilton, January 2, 1809
11. A Sermon Preached on the Funeral Occasion of Mary Henery
86
5
George White, 1809
12. O! Africa
91
7
William Hamilton, January 2, 1815
13. Valedictory Address
98
3
Margaret Odell, April 18, 1822
14. The Condition and Prospects of Haiti
101
3
John Browne Russwurm, September 6, 1826
15. Termination of Slavery
104
6
Austin Steward, July 4, 1827
16. The Necessity of a General Union Among Us
110
4
David Walker, December 1828
17. Slavery and Colonization
114
7
Peter Williams, Jr., July 4, 1830
18. The Cause of the Slave Became My Own
121
2
Sarah M. Douglass, June 1832
19. It Is Time for Us to Be Up and Doing
123
2
Peter Osborne, July 5, 1832
20. Why Sit Ye Here and Die?
125
5
Maria W. Stewart, September 21, 1832
21. Let Us Alone
130
5
Nathaniel Paul, July 13, 1833
22. What If I Am a Woman?
135
8
Maria W. Stewart, September 21, 1833
23. Eulogy on William Wilberforce
143
2
William Whipper, December 6, 1833
24. The Slavery of Intemperance
145
9
William Whipper, January 8, 1834
25. Why a Convention Is Necessary
154
4
William Hamilton, June 1834
26. Put On the Armour of Righteousness
158
5
James Forten, Jr., April 14, 1836
27. The Slave Has a Friend in Heaven, Though He May Have None Here
163
3
Theodore S. Wright, May 24, 1836
28. On the Improvement of the Mind
166
2
Elizabeth Jennings, August 1837
29. Prejudice Against the Colored Man
168
5
Theodore S. Wright, September 20, 1837
30. Slavery Brutalizes Man
173
5
Daniel A. Payne, June 1839
31. We Meet the Monster Prejudice Every Where
178
1
Clarissa C. Lawrence, May 3, 1839
32. Slavery Presses Down upon the Free People of Color
179
3
Andrew Harris, May 7, 1839
33. Let Us Do Justice to an Unfortunate People
182
7
Thomas Paul, January 27, 1841
34. The Rights of Colored Citizens in Traveling
189
5
Charles Lenox Remond, February 1842
35. We Must Assert Our Rightful Claims and Plead Our Own Cause
194
4
Samuel H. Davis, August 15, 1843
36. An Address to the Slaves of the United States of America
198
7
Henry Highland Garnet, August 16, 1843
37. For the Dissolution of the Union
205
3
Charles Lenox Remond, May 29, 1844
38. I Am Free from American Slavery
208
2
Lewis Richardson, March 13, 1846
39. Under the Stars and Stripes
210
3
William Wells Brown, November 4, 1847
40. I Have No Constitution, and No Country
213
4
William Wells Brown, September 27, 1849
41. The Fugitive Slave Bill
217
3
Samuel Ringgold Ward, March 25, 1850
42. A Plea for the Oppressed
220
3
Lucy Stanton, August 27, 1850
43. I Won't Obey the Fugitive Slave Law
223
3
Reverend Jermain Wesley Loguen, October 4, 1850
44. Ar'n't I a Woman?
226
3
Sojourner Truth, May 29, 1851
45. Orators and Oratory
229
17
William G. Allen, June 22, 1852
46. What, to the Slave, Is the Fourth of July?
246
23
Frederick Douglass, July 5, 1852
47. Snakes and Geese
269
2
Sojourner Truth, September 7, 1853
48. I Set Out to Escape from Slavery
271
2
Stephen Pembroke, July 18, 1854
49. There Is No Full Enjoyment of Freedom for Anyone in This Country
273
6
John Mercer Langston, May 9, 1855
50. The Triumph of Equal School Rights in Boston
279
5
William C. Nell, December 17, 1855
51. What, to the Toiling Millions There, Is This Boasted Liberty?
284
4
Sara G. Stanley, January 1856
52. The Negro Race, Self-Government, and the Haitian Revolution
288
17
James T. Holly, 1856
53. Liberty for Slaves
305
3
Frances Ellen Watkins, May 13, 1857
54. If There Is No Struggle There Is No Progress
308
5
Frederick Douglass, August 3, 1857
55. I Will Sink or Swim with My Race
313
5
John S. Rock, March 5, 1858
56. Break Every Yoke and Let the Oppressed Go Free
318
4
Mary Ann Shadd, April 6, 1858
57. Should Colored Men Be Subject to the Penalties of the Fugitive Slave Law?
322
6
Charles H. Langston, 1858
58. Why Slavery Is Still Rampant
328
3
Sarah Parker Remond, September 1859
59. The American Government and the Negro
331
9
Robert Purvis, May 8, 1860
60. I Do Not Believe in the Antislavery of Abraham Lincoln
340
14
H. Ford Douglas, July 4, 1860
61. A Plea for Free Speech
354
3
Frederick Douglass, December 10, 1860
62. Let Us Take Up the Sword
357
2
Alfred M. Green, April 20, 1861
63. What If the Slaves Are Emancipated?
359
9
John S. Rock, January 23, 1862
64. We Ask for Our Rights
368
7
John S. Rock, August 1, 1862
65. Lincoln's Colonization Proposal Is Anti-Christian
375
2
Isaiah C. Wears, August 15, 1862
66. The Negroes in the United States of America
377
4
Sarah Parker Remond, 1862
67. Freedom's Joyful Day
381
3
Reverend Jonathan C. Gibbs, January 1, 1863
68. Address to the Youth
384
5
Sarah J. Woodson, 1863
69. The Moral and Social Aspect of Africa
389
3
Martin Robinson Delany, 1863
70. The Good Time Is at Hand
392
5
Robert Purvis, May 12, 1863
71. The Position and Duties of the Colored People
397
10
J.W.C. Pennington, August 24, 1863
72. A Tribute to a Fallen Black Soldier
407
3
J. Stanley, September 8, 1863
73. The Mission of the War
410
16
Frederick Douglass, January 13, 1864
74. Give Us Equal Pay and We Will Go to War
426
2
Reverend J.P. Campbell, February 29, 1864
75. Every Man Should Stand Equal Before the Law
428
4
Arnold Bertonneau, April 12, 1864
76. Let the Monster Perish
432
11
Henry Highland Garnet, February 12, 1865
77. Colored Men Standing in the Way of Their Own Race
443
2
James Lynch, May 1865
78. Advice to Ex-Slaves
445
7
Martin Robinson Delany, July 1865
79. An Appeal for Aid to the Freedmen
452
2
J. Sella Martin, November 1865
80. Deliver Us from Such a Moses
454
2
Lewis Hayden, December 27, 1865
81. We Are All Bound Up Together
456
4
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, May 1866
82. These Are Revolutionary Times
460
3
Reverend E.J. Adams, March 19, 1867
83. Equal Rights for All, Three Speeches
463
4
Sojourner Truth, May 9 and 10, 1867
84. To My White Fellow Citizens
467
2
B.K. Sampson, November 1867
85. Break Up the Plantation System
469
4
Francis L. Cardozo, January 14, 1868
86. Justice Should Recognize No Color
473
2
William H. Grey, January 1868
87. I Claim the Rights of a Man
475
8
Reverend Henry McNeal Turner, September 3, 1868
88. Finish the Good Work of Uniting Colored and White Workingmen
483
5
Isaac Myers, August 18, 1869
89. Composite Nation
488
15
Frederick Douglass, December 7, 1869
90. Then I Began to Live
503
3
Sojourner Truth, January 1, 1871
91. Abolish Separate Schools
506
6
Hiram R. Revels, February 8, 1871
92. The Ku Klux of the North
512
2
Isaiah C. Wears, November 1871
93. The Right of Women to Vote
514
3
Mary Ann Shadd Cary, c. January 1872
94. A Plea in Behalf of the Cuban Revolution
517
3
Henry Highland Garnet, December 13, 1872
95. The Civil Rights Bill
520
16
Robert Browne Elliott, January 6, 1874
96. Equality before the Law
536
13
John Mercer Langston, May 17, 1874
97. The Civil Rights Bill
549
15
James T. Rapier, February 4, 1875
98. The Great Problem to Be Solved
564
3
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, April 14, 1875
99. Oration in Memory of Abraham Lincoln
567
10
Frederick Douglass, April 14, 1876
100. The Sioux's Revenge
577
2
B.T. Tanner, July 13, 1876
101. How Long? How Long, O Heaven?
579
1
Reverend Henry McNeal Turner, August 5, 1876
102. Socialism: The Remedy for the Evils of Society
580
6
Peter H. Clark, July 2, 1877
103. Reasons Why the Colored American Should Go to Africa
586
3
John E. Bruce, October 1877
104. The Destined Superiority of the Negro
589
10
Alexander Crummell, November 1877
105. Migration Is the Only Remedy for Our Wrongs
599
4
Robert J. Harlan, May 8, 1879
106. Race Unity
603
4
Ferdinand L. Barnett, May 9, 1879
107. Redeem the Indian
607
6
Blanche K. Bruce, April 17, 1880
108. These Evils Call Loudly for Redress
613
10
John P. Green, May 1884
109. Negro Education-Its Helps and Hindrances
623
11
William H. Crogman, July 16, 1884
110. The Stone Cut Out of the Mountain
634
6
John Jasper, July 20, 1884
111. Reasons for a New Political Party
640
2
Reverend Henry McNeal Turner, February 12, 1886
112. The Present Relations of Labor and Capital
642
3
T. Thomas Fortune, April 20, 1886
113. How Shall We Make the Women of Our Race Stronger?
645
7
Olivia A. Davidson, April 21, 1886
114. Introduction of Master Workman Powderly
652
3
Frank J. Ferrell, October 3, 1886
115. I Am an Anarchist
655
5
Lucy E. Parsons, December 20, 1886
116. Mob Violence
660
3
Samuel Allen McElwee, February 23, 1887
117. Woman's Place in the Work of the Denomination
663
13
Mary V. Cook, August 26, 1887
118. How Shall We Get Our Rights?
676
4
Reverend M. Edward Bryant, December 4, 1887
119. Importance of Race Pride
680
7
Edward Everett Brown, March 5, 1888
120. Woman Suffrage
687
6
Frederick Douglass, April 1888
121. I Denounce the So-Called Emancipation as a Stupendous Fraud
693
14
Frederick Douglass, April 16, 1888
122. Organized Resistance Is Our Best Remedy
707
1
John E. Bruce, October 5, 1889
123. National Perils
708
5
William Bishop Johnson, October 20, 1889
124. It Is Time to Call a Halt
713
15
T. Thomas Fortune, January 1890
125. Harvard Class Day Oration
728
6
Clement Garnett Morgan, June 1890
126. Education and the Problem
734
11
Joseph C. Price, July 1890
127. Lynch Law in All Its Phases
745
16
Ida B. Wells, February 13, 1893
128. The Intellectual Progress of the Colored Women of the United States Since the Emancipation Proclamation
761
11
Fannie Barrier Williams, May 18, 1893
129. Women's Cause Is One and Universal
772
3
Anna Julia Cooper, May 18, 1893
130. Justice or Emigration Should Be Our Watchword
775
15
Bishop Henry McNeal Turner, November 1893
131. The Ethics of the Hawaiian Question
790
7
William Saunders Scarborough, March 1894
132. Address to the First National Conference of Colored Women
797
3
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, July 29, 1895
133. Atlanta Exposition Address
800
5
Booker T. Washington, September 18, 1895
134. A Plea against the Disfranchisement of the Negro
805
10
Thomas E. Miller, October 26, 1895
135. The African in Africa and the African in America
815
17
John H. Smyth, December 14, 1895
136. We Are Struggling for Equality
832
2
John Hope, February 22, 1896
137. The Awakening of the Afro-American Woman
834
6
Victoria Earle Matthews, July 11, 1897
138. In Union There Is Strength
840
6
Mary Church Terrell, September 15, 1897
139. The Attitude of the American Mind toward the Negro Intellect
846
11
Alexander Crummell, December 28, 1897
140. The Functions of the Negro Scholar
857
4
G.N. Grisham, December 28, 1897
141. Remarks to President McKinley
861
2
Ida B. Wells-Barnett, March 21, 1898
142. We Must Have a Cleaner "Social Morality"
863
5
Margaret Murray Washington, September 12, 1898
143. The Cancer of Race Prejudice
868
4
Booker T. Washington, October 18, 1898
144. The Negro Will Never Acquiesce as Long as He Lives
872
3
Reverend Francis J. Grimke, November 20, 1898
145. The Wilmington Massacre
875
3
Reverend Charles S. Morris, January 1899
146. The Fallacy of Industrial Education as the Solution of the Race Problem
878
4
Reverend Charles S. Smith, January 28, 1899
147. Some Facts about Southern Lynchings
882
3
Reverend D.A. Graham, June 4, 1899
148. The Burden of the Educated Colored Woman
885
5
Lucy Craft Laney, July 1899
149. The State of the Country from a Black Man's Point of View
890
7
Reverend D.P. Brown, August 1899
150. My Mother as I Recall Her
897
8
Rosetta Douglass Sprague, May 10, 1900
151. To the Nations of the World
905
4
W.E.B. Du Bois, July 25, 1900
Index of Speeches by Author
909
4
Subject Index
913