The Slaveholders’ Rebellion

Frederick Douglass

1862

The African Problem and the Method of its Solution

The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States

Speech at the South Carolina Constitutional Convention

Richard H. Cain

1868

Veto of the Civil Rights Bill

Andrew Johnson

1866

Veto of the Freedmen's Bureau Bill

Andrew Johnson

1866

The Proclamation of Freedom

1863

We Want No Confederacy without Slavery

1865

The Voice of the People

1864

No Gradual Emancipation

1864