Subtitle: Paddle and Pray.
Title: Colored American - March 9, 1839
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer offers an anecdote that describes the social state of African Americans at the time. He urges his readers to do all they can to elevate their condition.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery; United States--History--19th century
Publication type: editorials; Newspapers