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Contemporary Article

Contemporary Article: American League of Colored Laborers: 1850-?

Black Past features a 2011 article, written by Jonathan Bradley, providing an account of Frederick Douglass' organizing of the…

Historical Drawing

Historical Drawing: Samuel Ringgold Ward

This New York Heritage Digital Collections features a historical drawing of abolitionist and Congregationalist minister, Samuel…

Historical Speech

Historical Speech: "Samuel Ringgold Ward, 'Speech on the Fugitive Slave Bill"

Note: This primary source is accompanied by a brief biography on Samuel Ringgold Ward.Black Past features an 1850 transcription of…

Historical Pamphlet

Historical Pamphlet: Reflections Upon the Gordon Rebellion

Note: The National Library of Jamaica lists this as a “book” though it is most accurately described as a historical pamphlet in…

Autobiography

Autobiography: Autobiography of a Fugitive Negro: His Antislavery Labours in…

Documenting the American South features Black abolitionist and minister Samuel Ringgold Ward's autobiography published in 1855.…