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Subtitle: Persecuted Everywhere. Methodists Protestants--Education of Colored People.

Title: Colored American - August 4, 1838

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)

The writer relates the story of a young African American boy who was removed from a private school after local residents complained and abused him because of his race. The writer leaves the conclusion of this drama in the hands of the abolitionists who are on the school's Board of Trustees, but it seems as if money and power are calling he shots here.

Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page

Subtitle: Not to be Longer Disguised.

Title: Colored American - July 21, 1838

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)

The writer warns his readers about an increase in violence against African Americans in the western states. He blames supporters of colonization for this.

Description of file(s): one scanned, one columned, newspaper page

Subtitle: Mean Resort.

Title: Colored American - July 28, 1838

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)

The writer expresses his belief that pro-slavery factions, unable to argue their case rationally with the abolitionists, are now resorting to terror to accomplish their mission to drive free African Americans from the country.

Description of file(s): one scanned, one columned, newspaper page

Subtitle: Lewis Tappan's Case.

Title: Colored American - June 1, 1839

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)

The writer expresses his outrage over the treatment of Lewis Tappan as he dealt with his current court case.

Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column

Subtitle: Immortality They Want--Let Them Have It.

Title: Colored American - May 18, 1839

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)

The writer expresses his outrage at the prejudicial treatment African Americans receive in New Jersey.

Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column

Subtitle: New Jersey.

Title: Colored American - September 1, 1838

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)

The writer reports on activities of the Colonization Society in New Jersey as it attempts to persuade free African Americans to move to Africa.

Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page

Subtitle: Mr. Jones

Title: Thomas Cordoza

Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)

Lively and interesting debate regarding the question "Which has sustained the most injustice at the hands of the American people, the American Indian or the Anglo-African?"

Description of file(s): PDF 5 page, 1,099 word document (text and images)

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