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Title: Colored American - September 28, 1839
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
Preliminary proceedings to decide jurisdiction of one part of the Amistad case involving the capture and bondage of three children.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851)
The writer briefly tells his readers about an African American man who was arrested for theft and subsequently accused of being a fugitive slave. He pleaded guilty to the crime and thus chose prison over the possibility of slavery.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Palladium of Liberty - July 10, 1844
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Palladium of Liberty (1843 - 1844)
A convention was held to address the issue of state prisons performing work that mechanics now do (and thus taking jobs). The writer asks if this solidarity of mechanical workers applies to African American mechanics as well.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Provincial Freeman - June 18, 1859
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859)
The writer discusses the recent judgment in the case of three men accused of murder in Brantford. He discusses the current debate about separating the races in prisons. He emphasizes how race plays a big part in way criminals are punished.
Description of file(s): two scanned, two columned, newspaper pages
Speaker or author: Green, Samuel, Rev.
Newspaper or publication: Liberator
Brief overview of an anecdotal speech regarding one man's experience with slavery.
Description of file(s): PDF 2 page, 417 word document (text and images)
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - January 1, 1851
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The editor provides brief snippets of news from several states.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - June 17, 1852
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The writer tells the story of a fugitive slave who chose a prison sentence for a crime he didn't commit to avoid returning to slavery.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - May 20, 1852
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The writer shares the view of a group of African Americans who recently met in Ann Arbor that the time has come to change the perception that fugitive slaves living in Canada are starving and unable to care for themselves. Being portrayed as "beggars" is degrading to them, and perceiving themselves this way is self-defeating. Instead, they want to demonstrate how well they can provide for themselves and live without the aid of well-meaning people.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - October 21, 1852
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
Brief account of fugitives who escaped from a southern prison and were thwarted in their attempts to reach Canada.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Weekly Advocate - February 25, 1837
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Advocate (1837)
An account of the experiences of two recently captured fugitive slaves who wait in prison in New York. A visiting minister spoke with them and recounted their stories to the press.
Description of file(s): one scanned, one columned, newspaper page
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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - February 11, 1860
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
The writer shares the story of a prisoner who was involved in a plot to murder a guard in an attempt to escape prison.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - January 14, 1860
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
The writer relates the story of a fugitive slave captured in Illinois who was rescued by a band of citizens and helped to cross the border into Canada.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - March 2, 1861
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
The writer relates the story of a fugitive, arrested for murder in Canada, who was freed by a Canadian court on a technicality in the reading of the Ashburton Treaty.
Description of file(s): one scanned, three columned, newspaper page
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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - September 17, 1859
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
An appeal for help written by four men accused of aiding a fugitive slave is published by the newspaper. The writer comments on this situation and asks his readers to respond as their hearts direct.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page