Mary Ann Shadd and Samuel Ringgold Ward reflect on what Canada can offer African Americans, differing on the problem of racism.

The moral crusades of Sojourner Truth and Frances Harper, activists against racial and gender oppression.

He is called a “father of black nationalism,” but Martin Delany also promoted integration in American society. Can the apparent tension be resolved?

Henry Highland Garnet encourages, or actually demands, that enslaved Americans throw off their chains and debates Douglass over how best to resist slavery.

Frederick Douglass, a promoter of world citizenship and appeals to conscience, discusses the significance of holidays in shaping national identity, the critique of glory, the use of denunciation and rebuke to confront slavery, global unity, African American celebrations of emancipation, and the role of violent resistance in British emancipation.

Frederick Douglass, leading figure of 19th century American thought, discusses his journey from slave to influential advocate against slavery. The podcast explores his distinctive voice, experiences as a child shaping his opposition to slavery, the impact of slavery on both slaveholders and slaves, his conflict with slave-breaker Covey, and his evolving views on political involvement.

Melvin Rogers, an expert in 19th-century political thought, discusses David Walker's 'Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World' addressing racial domination. The podcast explores citizenship, humanity, and freedom in relation to legal judgment. It also analyzes black women's plight, racial prejudice, and the ideological clash between abolitionists and colonizationists in the 19th century.

Hosea Easton’s Treatise provides an overlooked but fascinating theory of race and racism.

Maria W. Stewart’s public addresses bring the concerns of African American women into the struggle against racial prejudice.

David Walker defends violent resistance and encourages self-improvement in his incendiary and influential Appeal.