The Donald L. Logan Civil War Memorial Page – Speeches
(1865) Frederick Douglass, “What the Black Man Wants”
In the 1950s and 1960s during the height of the civil rights movement when African American activists articulated their grievances...
(1863) Angelina Grimké Weld “Address at the Women’s Loyal National League”
By the time of the Civil War Angelina Grimke Weld had spent three decades fighting the institution of slavery. The...
(1865) Abraham Lincoln, “Last Public Address”
On April 11, 1865, two days after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Union General Ulysses S....
(1865) Abraham Lincoln “Second Inaugural Address”
On Saturday March 4, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated and began his second term as President. His address to...
(1862) John S. Rock, “A Deep and Cruel Prejudice”
New Jersey-born John Sweat Rock was one of the first African American dentists in the United States. He was also...
(1865) Henry Highland Garnet, “Let The Monster Perish”
On February 12, 1865, Rev. Henry Highland Garnet, a former slave who was pastor of the Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church...
(1864) Frederick Douglass “The Mission Of The War”
On January 13, 1864, Frederick Douglass was invited to deliver a speech before the Woman’s Loyal League at the Cooper...
(1864) Arnold Bertonneau, “Every Man Should Stand Equal Before the Law”
Reconstruction began in Federally-occupied Louisiana in the midst of the Civil War. In 1863 African American men in New Orleans...
(1863) J. Stanley, “A Tribute To A Fallen Black Soldier”
By September, 1863 African American men were entering their ninth month of service in the United States Army. They had...
