Introduction Frederick Douglass, Emancipation Day Address at Poughkeepsie, New York, August 2, 1858 Frederick Douglass, "The Chicago Nominations," June, 1860 H. Ford Douglas, Address at Framingham, Massachusetts, July 4, 1860 Frederick Douglass, "The Inaugural Address," April, 1861 "President Lincoln''s Inaugural," Editorial in the Weekly Anglo-African, New York, March 16, 1861 "The Fatal Step Backward," Editorial in the Anglo-African, September 21, 1861 Jabez P. Campbell, "The President and the Colored People," October 1, 1861, Trenton, New Jersey Robert Hamilton, "The President''s Message," Editorial in the Anglo-African, December 7, 1861 Robert Hamilton, "The Hanging of Gordon for Man Stealing," Editorial in the Anglo-African, March 1, 1862 Henry McNeal Turner on Lincoln''s Proposal for Compensated Emancipation, March 16, 1862 "The Emancipation Message," Editorial in the Weekly Anglo-African, New York, March 22, 1862 Daniel Alexander Payne, Account of Meeting with Abraham Lincoln, April 1862 Henry Highland Garnet on Emancipation in Washington, DC, May 12, 1862 Philip A. Bell, Editorial on Lincoln''s Revocation of Gen. Hunter''s Emancipation Decree in the Pacific Appeal, San Francisco, California, June 14, 1862 Edward M. Thomas to Abraham Lincoln, Washington, DC, August 16, 1862 Frederick Douglass, "The President and His Speeches," September, 1862 Resolutions of Newtown, New York Meeting on Lincoln''s Colonization Proposal, August 20, 1862 Alfred P. Smith, Letter to President Lincoln in Response to Colonization Proposal, Saddle River, New Jersey, September 5, 1862 Frances Ellen Watkins Harper on Lincoln''s Colonization Proposal, September 27, 1862 Philip A. Bell, Editorial on the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation in the Pacific Appeal, San Francisco, California, September 27, 1862 Frederick Douglass, "Emancipation Proclaimed," October, 1862 George B.

Vashon, Open Letter to President Lincoln on Colonization, October, 1862 Henry McNeal Turner, Response to Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, September 26, 1862 Thomas Strother on Lincoln''s Colonization Proposal, October 4, 1862 Ezra R. Johnson, "The Liberty Bells are Ringing," October 4, 1862 C. P. S., "The President on Emancipation," October 4, 1862 Free Black People of Washington, DC, Letter to President Lincoln on Colonization, November 2, 1862 Frederick Douglass, "January First 1863" Emancipation Celebration at Beaufort, South Carolina, January 1, 1863 Philip A. Bell, "The Year of Jubilee Has Come!" January 3, 1863 Robert Hamilton, "The Great Event," Anglo-African, January 3, 1863 Emancipation Celebration at Trenton, New Jersey, January 1, 1863 James Smith, Report on Emancipation Celebration at Elmira, New York, January 5, 1863 Jeremiah B. Sanderson, Address at Emancipation Jubilee in San Francisco, January 14, 1863 Osborne P. Anderson, Remarks on the Emancipation Celebration in Chicago, January 1, 1863 H.

Ford Douglas to Frederick Douglass, Colliersville, Tennessee, Jan. 8, 1863 Thomas Morris Chester, Speech at Cooper Institute, New York, New York, January 20, 1863 James H. Hudson, Letter to the Editor of the Pacific Appeal, February 25, 1863 Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, "The President''s Proclamation," March 7, 1863 John Proctor to Abraham Lincoln, Beaufort, South Carolina, April 18, 1863 William Slade to Abraham Lincoln, Washington, DC April 28, 1863 Robert Purvis, Address to the American Anti-Slavery Society, New York, May 12, 1863 Hannah Johnson to Abraham Lincoln, Buffalo, New York, July 31, 1863 Frederick Douglass, "The Commander-in-Chief and His Black Soldiers," August, 1863 Leonard A. Grimes to Abraham Lincoln, Washington, DC, August 21, 1863 Jeremiah Asher to Abraham Lincoln, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 7, 1863 Robert Hamilton, Editorial on Lincoln''s Letter to James C. Conkling in the Anglo-African, New York, September 12, 1863 Robert Hamilton, Editorial Endorsing Lincoln for a Second Term as President in the Anglo-African, New York, October 24, 1863 African Civilization Society, Address to Abraham Lincoln, Washington, DC, November 5, 1863 Frederick Douglass, Address to the American Anti-Slavery Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 4, 1863 Philip A. Bell, Editorial on President Lincoln''s Annual Message in the Pacific Appeal, San Francisco, California, December 12, 1863 William Florville to Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, December 27, 1863 Thomas R. Street, Emancipation Day Address, Virginia City, Nevada Territory, January 1, 1864 Philip A. Bell, Editorial Endorsing Lincoln for a Second Term in Office in the Pacific Appeal, San Francisco, California, January 9, 1864 John H.

Morgan et al. to Abraham Lincoln, Pensacola, Florida, January 16, 1864 Mattild Burr to Abraham Lincoln, January 18, 1864 Amos G. Beman on the First Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, January 23, 1864 Richard H. Cain to Abraham Lincoln, Washington, DC, January 27, 1864 Jean Baptiste Roudanez and Arnold Bertonneau, Memorial to Abraham Lincoln, March 10, 1864 Petition of North Carolina Freedmen to Abraham Lincoln, April or May, 1864 Don Carlos Rutter to Abraham Lincoln, St. Helena Island, South Carolina, May 29, 1864 George E. Stephens, Letter to the Editor of the Anglo-African, May 26, 1864 James W. C. Pennington, Letter to the Editor of the Anglo-African, New York, June 9, 1864 "Africano," Letter to the Editor of the Anglo-African, Point Lookout, Maryland, July 18, 1864 Annie Davis to Abraham Lincoln, Belair, Maryland, August 25, 1864 Frederick Douglass to Abraham Lincoln, Rochester, New York, August 29, 1864 Robert Hamilton, Editorial on the Presidential Election in the Anglo-African, New York, September 24, 1864 "Africano," Letter to Editor of Anglo-African, Point Lookout, Maryland, September 2, 1864 S.

W. Chase, Remarks to Abraham Lincoln upon Presenting a Bible, September 7, 1864 Sojourner Truth, Account of Meeting with Abraham Lincoln, October 29, 1864 Robert Hamilton Gives Thanks for Lincoln''s Re-election, November 19, 1864 Martin Delany, Account of Meeting with Abraham Lincoln, February 8, 1865 George Washington to Abraham Lincoln, Hilton Head, South Carolina, March 19, 1865 Thomas Morris Chester, Report on Lincoln''s Visit to Richmond, Virginia, April 4, 1865 Isaac J. Hill, Account of Lincoln''s Visit to Richmond, April 4, 1865 Alexander H. Newton, Account of Lincoln''s Visit to Richmond, April 4, 1865 Jacob Thomas, Sermon Preached in Memory of Abraham Lincoln at AME Zion Church, Troy, New York, April 16, 1865 Resolutions Passed on Lincoln''s Assassination in Middletown, Connecticut, April 20, 1865 Martin Delany, Proposal for a Monument to Abraham Lincoln, April 20, 1865 Robert Hamilton, "Thy Will Be Done" April 22, 1865 James W. C. Pennington on Lincoln''s Funeral Procession through New York City, April 27, 1865 Angeline R. Demby, Poem in Memory of Abraham Lincoln, April 29, 1865 Reaction to Lincoln''s Assassination in Baltimore, April, 1865 Henry O. Wagoner, Report on Lincoln''s Funeral Procession in Chicago, May 2, 1865 George W.

Le Vere, Eulogy of Abraham Lincoln, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 22, 1865 Frederick Douglass, Speech at Cooper Institute, New York, June 1, 1865 Frederick Douglass, Draft of A Speech on Lincoln, circa December, 1865 Address of the Illinois Convention of Colored Men to the American People, Galesburg, Illinois, October 16-18, 1866 Elizabeth Keckley, Behind the Scenes, 1868 Paul Trevigne, Editorial on Emancipation Day in the New Orleans Tribune, New Orleans, Louisiana, January 1, 1869 Thomas N. C. Liverpool, Address on Lincoln''s Birthday, Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb. 12, 1873 Frederick Douglass, Address at Dedication of the Freedmen''s Monument, Washington, DC, April 14, 1876 H. Cordelia Ray, "Lincoln," Poem written for Dedication of the Freedmen''s Monument, Washington, DC, April 14, 1876 George Washington Williams, A History of the Negro Race in America, 1882 Emmanuel K. Love, Emancipation Day Address at Savannah, Georgia, January 2, 1888 William S. Scarborough>, Remarks at Ohio Republican League Club Lincoln Banquet, Columbus, Ohio, February 13, 1888 John Mercer Langston, Memorial Day Address at Washington, DC, May 30, 1891 Peter H. Clark on Lincoln and Emancipation, May 18, 1892 Frederick Douglass, Address at Lincoln Birthday Celebration, Brooklyn, New York, February 13, 1893 E.

W. S. Hammond, "Lincoln on the Negro," May 11, 1893 Charles W. Anderson, Address on Emancipation Proclamation, Chicago, Illinois, February 12, 1895 Booker T. Washington, Address at the Union League Club, Brooklyn, New York, February 12, 1896 Harriet Tubman, Statement on Abraham Lincoln, July, 1896 Julius F. Taylor, Critique of Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation, August 7, 1897 Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Emancipation Day Address at Decatur, Illinois, September 22, 1899 Paul Laurence Dunbar, "Lincoln," 1899 Elizabeth Thomas, Reminiscence of Abraham Lincoln, 1900 Archibald H. Grimke, "Abraham Lincoln," March, 1900 Elizabeth Keckly on Lincoln, 1901 "The Negro''s Natal Day," February, 1904 William A.

Sinclair, The Aftermath of Slavery: A Study of the Condition and Environment of the American Negro, 1905 Jesse Max Barber, "Abraham Lincoln and the Negro," February, 1905 Mary Church Terrell, Address on Abraham Lincoln, New York, February 13, 1905 T. Thomas Fortune, Address on Lincoln, Montclair, New Jersey, February 16, 1906 Reverdy C. Ransom, Address on Abraham Lincoln, circa 1907 W. E. B. Du Bois, Address Delivered at Hull House, Chicago, Illinois, February 12, 1907 William Monroe Trotter, "Proposed Mass. Lincoln Centennial," Editorial in the Guardian on Celebration of Lincoln''s Birthday, Boston, Massachusetts, January 18, 1908 Maude K. Griffin, "Lincoln--Man of Many Sides," April, 1908 Hightower T.

Kealing, "Lincoln''s Birthday--The Great American Day," January, 1909 Silas X. Floyd, Address at Emancipation Day Celebration in Augusta, Georgia, January 1, 1909 George L. Knox, "Celebrating in Memory of Lincoln," January 2, 1909.