A Notebook on Slavery and Liberation Lyrics
Documents
• Abolitionists – Caution Broadside for African Americans in Boston
• Charles Alexander Warfield – Advertisement & Reward for two escaped slaves
• Frederick Douglass – A Pertinent Question
• James Miller McKim – Letter about Henry Box Brown
• Jourdon Anderson – Letter from a Freedman to His Old Master
• Virginia Boyd – Letter to R.C. Ballard
• Withers Waller – Runaway Slave Broadside
• Runaway Slave Ads
About
This notebook highlights a few different documents related to slavery and liberation. A simple question embedded in a complex sentence by Frederick Douglass. Wanted posters for slaves. A letter about Henry “Box” Brown, a letter from a freedman to his ex-owner, and a letter from an enslaved woman pleading for those preparing to sell her to strongly reconsider.
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning