Black Voices - African American Autobiography and Biography: Orations 1700-1900

Selected Writings and Speeches of James E. Shepard

The Works of James McCune Smith

• Benezet, Anthony (1713-1784). A caution to Great Britain and her colonies : in a short representation of the calamitous state of the enslaved Negroes in the British dominions. Philadelphia printed, London, Reprinted and sold by J. Phillips, 1784.
   
• Catto, William. A Semi-Centenary Discourse, Delivered in the First African Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, On the fourth Sabbath of May, 1857; With a history of the church from its first organization: Including a brief notice of Rev. John Gloucester, its first pastor. By William T. Catto, Pastor. Also an appendix, containing sketches of all colored churches in Philadelphia. Philadelphia, J.M. Wilson, 1857.

• Cushing, Caleb, (1800-1879). An Oration Pronounced at Boston Before the Colonization Society of Massachusetts, on the Anniversary of American Independence, July 4, 1833. Boston: Lyceum Press, G.W. Light & Co.,1833.

• Douglass, Frederick (1818-1895). Oration delivered in Corinthian Hall, Rochester [electronic resource]. Rochester: Printed by Lee, Mann & Co.,1852.
• Douglass, Frederick. Oration of the Late Frederick Douglass preserved by Chas N. Hunter to whom the manuscript was given. Delivered at the 2nd Annual N.C. Negro State Fair, 1880. Charles N. Hunter Papers1850s-1932

• Elliot, Robert B. Sumner Memorial Meeting: Oration of Hon. Robert B. Elliott, M.C. of South Carolina, Delivered in Faneuil Hall, April 14, 1874, Under the Auspices of the Colored Citizens of Boston: With the Address of Edwin G. Walker, Esq., President of the Meeting, and a Sketch of the Proceedings. Boston: Published for the committee of arrangements by Charles L. Mitchell, 1874.

• Freedmen's Convention of Georgia (1866: Augusta). Proceedings of the Freedmen's Convention of Georgia, Assembled at Augusta, January 10th, 1866. Containing the Speeches of Gen'l Tillson, Capt. J.E. Bryant, and Others. Augusta, GA., Printed at the Office of the Loyal Georgian,1866.

• Grand celebration in honor of the passage of the Ordinance of emancipation, by the Free State Convention, on the eleventh day of May, 1864, held in the Place d'Armes, New-Orleans, June 11th, with the programme, proceedings, speeches by Rev. Dr. Rogers, Francis Boisdore, Rev. W.A. Dove &c. &c. : also the Proceedings of the American Arts Association of New Orleans, and the distribution of prizes, held first August, 1864. New Orleans: H.P. Lathrop, Printer, 1864.

• Hopkins, Pauline E. (Pauline Elizabeth). Daughter of the Revolution: The Major Nonfiction Works of Pauline E. Hopkins. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, c2007. Pauline E. Hopkins came to prominence in the early years of the 20th century as an outspoken writer, editor, and critic. This work brings together many of her essays, including non-fiction works such as 'Famous Men of the Negro Race', 'Famous Women of the Negro Race', 'The Dark Races of the Twentieth Century', and more.

• Jupiter, Hammond (1711-approx 1800). An Address to the Negroes in the State of New York [electronic resource]. New York: Printed by Carroll and Patterson, 1787.

• Mary J. Miller [compiled by]. The Suffrage: Speeches by Negroes in the Constitutional Convention. The Part Taken by Colored Orators in Their Fight for a Fair and Impartial Ballot. [S.l. : s.n., 1895?].

• Minstrel Gags and End Men's Hand-Book: Being a Collection of Ethiopian Dialogues, Plantation Scenes, Eccentric Doings, Humorous Lectures, Laughable Interludes, End Men's Jokes, Burlesque Speeches, Witticisms, Conundrums, Yarns, Plantation Songs and Dances, etc. New York ; Dick & Fitzgerald, [1875?].

• Morris, Chester T. Negro Self-Respect and Pride of Race: Speech of Morris Chester, Esq., of Liberia, Delivered at the Twenty-Ninth Anniversary of the Philadelphia Library Company, December 9, 1862. [Philadelphia? : s.n.], 1862.

• Shepard, James E., author. Selected Writings and Speeches of James E. Shepard, 1896-1946, Founder of North Carolina Central University. Madison [New Jersey] : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2013.

• Sancho, Ignatius (1729-1780). Letters of the late Ignatius Sancho, an African : in two volumes : to which are prefixed, memoirs of his life. London : Printed by J. Nichols, and sold by J. Dodsley [and 4 others], 1782.

• Smith, James McCune, (1813-1865). The Works of James McCune Smith: Black Intellectual and Abolitionist. New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

• Sumner Memorial Meeting: Oration of Hon. Robert B. Elliott, M.C. of South Carolina, delivered in Faneuil Hall, April 14, 1874, under the auspices of the Colored Citizens of Boston: with the Address of Edwin G. Walker, Esq., president of the meeting, and a sketch of the proceedings. Boston: Published for the committee of arrangements by Charles L. Mitchell, 1874.

• Washington, Booker T. (1856-1915). Address of Booker T. Washington delivered at the opening of the Cotton States and International Exposition, at Atlanta, GA., September 18, 1895; with a letter of congratulations from the President of the United States. [S.l. : s.n., 1895?].
• Williams, George Washington (1849-1891). The constitutional results of the War of the Rebellion : an oration. Worcester, Mass : Sanford and Davis, 1889.

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