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Title: Weekly Advocate - January 14, 1837
Speaker or author: Sears, Robert
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Advocate (1837)
Robert Sears wished subscribers a Happy New Year. He stressed the progress and failures of the preceding year, and offered hope and encouragement for African Americans in the years to come.
Description of file(s): two scanned, two columned, newspaper pages
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Title: Weekly Advocate - January 14, 1837
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Advocate (1837)
Editorial describing the benefits of newspapers published by and for African Americans. The writer emphasizes what makes this newspaper different from others. (See editorial 01671)
Description of file(s): two scanned, two columned, newspaper pages
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Title: Weekly Advocate - January 14, 1837
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Advocate (1837)
The editor called for increased subscriptions to the newspaper. He emphasized the benefits of this type of social connection for African Americans in the community.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Weekly Advocate - January 14, 1837
Speaker or author: Ruggles, David, 1810-1849
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Advocate (1837)
David Ruggles describes his experience with men who wanted to capture him as a fugitive slave and force him aboard a Brazilian ship bound for Portugal. Both Ruggles and Philip Bell warn the African American public that people are being kidnapped by the crew of this ship and are not heard from again.
Description of file(s): two scanned, two columned, newspaper pages
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Title: Weekly Advocate - January 14, 1837
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Advocate (1837)
The writer expressed the irony of a system that labeled a person "fee" when he or she is restricted by prejudice and racially based laws. Freedom for African Americans in New York in 1837 is limited and controlled.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Weekly Advocate - January 14, 1837
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Advocate (1837)
The writer expressed his outrage at learning of the sale of slaves in Washington, D.C., the supposedly free and hallowed soil of U.S. government. He warned that free people of color were not safe as long as this practice was tolerated.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page