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Title: Colored American - August 29, 1840
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The editor explains the reasons why a letter sent to the newspaper for publication was not published.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Speaker or author: Cary, Mary Ann Shadd, 1823-1893
Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859)
The writer responds briefly to a letter the newspaper received from the Refugees Home. The letter indicates the humiliating treatment in the name of charity that C. C. Foote's is providing there. Fugitives arriving in Canada are looking for freedom and equality, not pity and handouts.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Provincial Freeman - August 8, 1857
Speaker or author: Shadd, Isaac D.
Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859)
The writer tells of his travels on a lecture journey across the U.S. and parts of Canada.
Description of file(s): two scanned, two columned, newspaper pages
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Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859)
The editor responds to a reader who requested that a column be included in the newspaper detailing the personal experiences of fugitive slaves.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - November 18, 1852
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The writer calls his readers attentions to an article appearing in another page of the newspaper which is particularly representative of anti-slavery sentiments in Canada.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Weekly Advocate - January 7, 1837
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Advocate (1837)
Letter to the editor questioning the moral motives of the newspaper. The editor's reply expresses the view that the Weekly Advocate does not encourage vice and immoral actions.
Description of file(s): two scanned, two columned, newspaper pages
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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - December 31, 1859
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
Brief commentary on Governor Wise's reaction to a letter he received from Frederick Douglass.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - March 23, 1861
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
This is the first mention of civil war in the editorials for this newspaper. The writer comments on a letter to the editor of the New York Tribune suggesting that to encourage emancipation, slave holders should be compensated for their slaves.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page