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Title: Anglo-African - November 11, 1865
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Anglo-African (1863 - 1865)
The editor comments briefly on three African American newspapers published in the U.S. and Guiana.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Elevator - April 7, 1865
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Elevator (1865 - 18??)
The writer gives a review of six local newspapers.
Description of file(s): two scanned, two columned, newspaper pages
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Title: Elevator - August 18, 1865
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Elevator (1865 - 18??)
The writer comments on articles published in the Examiner and Democratic Press newspapers that he believes are biased and prejudiced against African Americans.
Description of file(s): two scanned newspaper pages (three columns)
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Title: Elevator - June 23, 1865
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Elevator (1865 - 18??)
The writer tells his readers that prejudicial newspapers that had been blocked are now being published under different names.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Elevator (1865 - 18??)
The editor briefly mentions that the Elevator newspaper is compiling a list of California newspapers who are in favor of "Negro suffrage" and a list of those who oppose it. He asks his readers to help in this effort by sending in any articles they might find on the subject.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Frederick Douglass' Paper - December 8, 1854
Speaker or author: Watkins, William J.
Newspaper or publication: Frederick Douglass' Paper (1851 - 18??)
The writer continues his answer to the question "What have the Abolitionists done?" that he began in a previous issue. He explains that abolitionists have kept the focus on the issue of slavery by agitation, speeches, aid to fugitives, and an untiring devotion to the cause of freedom. The have suffered imprisonment, shame, and personal attacks for what they believe is right.
Description of file(s): three scanned newspaper pages (five columns)
Speaker or author: Garnet, Henry Highland, 1815-1882
Newspaper or publication: Liberator
The speaker read the Emancipation Proclamation aloud to a cheering audience and urged African Americans to join the Union army in the Civil War's continued fighting.
Description of file(s): PDF 3 page, 830 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Garnet, Henry Highland, 1815-1882
Newspaper or publication: Douglass' Monthly
The speaker argued that prejudice and acts of violence against the free people of color in the northern states was instigated by southern extremists in an effort to disrupt the union and encourage unrest. He accused northern newspapers and unjust journalism (fed by southern sympathies) for the current violence against black Americans in the north.
Description of file(s): PDF 4 page, 844 word document (text and images)
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Speaker or author: Powers, Jeremiah
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
Speech given in response to derogatory remarks made by Charles O'Conor regarding African Americans and slavery.
Description of file(s): PDF 5 page, 1,168 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Langston, John Mercer, 1829-1897.
Newspaper or publication: Anti-Slavery Bugle
The speaker stressed that where there is one person legally enslaved in the U.S., there is no liberty for anyone. Slavery makes slaves of us all. When a government encourages slavery, it evokes a need to control the slaves. This requires laws which limit freedom for everyone. The speaker offered examples to substantiate his ideas.
Description of file(s): PDF 12 page, 3,349 word document (text and images)
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Title: Provincial Freeman - June 23, 1855
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859)
The writer comments on the increase in the number of newspapers being published by African Americans. He views this as a sign of positive changes in the U.S.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Provincial Freeman - June 3, 1854
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859)
The writer comments on the custom of holding Bazaars which contribute to the support of Canadian anti-slavery movements and newspapers such as the Provincial Freeman.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Provincial Freeman - May 16, 1857
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859)
The writer discusses the effects of slavery on society that reach from the acceptance of the misery on the auction block, to the advertisements that continue to appear in big city American newspapers.
Description of file(s): two scanned, two columned, newspaper pages
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Title: Weekly Advocate - February 18, 1837
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Advocate (1837)
The editor stresses the rise in the cost of everything except the Weekly Advocate. He implies that the newspaper's cost may rise too without an increase in subscriptions.
Description of file(s): one scanned, one columned, newspaper page
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Title: Weekly Advocate - February 4, 1837
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Advocate (1837)
The editorial offers a quote from another newspaper that basically defines the mission statement of the Weekly Advocate. The writer expressed his appreciation for the welcome and support the Weekly Advocate received from other newspapers in the area.
Description of file(s): one scanned, one columned, newspaper page
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Title: Weekly Advocate - January 7, 1837
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Advocate (1837)
The editor expressed the benefits of a newspaper devoted to the education and enlightenment of people of color. He vowed to present a truthful and unbiased approach to the news of the day for his readers.
Description of file(s): two scanned, two columned, newspaper pages
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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - October 1, 1859
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
The writer opposes the idea of selling alcohol on Sundays. He offers his dissenting opinion on a recent proposition to open saloons, beer halls, and public houses on Sundays.
Speaker or author: Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884
Newspaper or publication: Liberator
Speech regarding the history of the abolition of slavery in the British West Indies. The speaker stressed the irony of the continuation of slavery in the U.S., a country founded on freedom.
Description of file(s): PDF 9 page, 2,387 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884
Newspaper or publication: Liberator
The speaker addressed the issue of the competence and intellectual abilities of African Americans. He offered a rebuttal on the idea that freed slaves would be unable to take care of themselves. He emphasized a historical perspective on the intellectual ability of the Negro race to not only survive but to prosper independent of European influence.
Description of file(s): PDF 14 page, 3,770 word document (text and images)