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Title: Impartial Citizen - June 27, 1849

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851)

The writer defends his position regarding previous comments he made about Frederick Douglass' stance on giving Bibles to slaves.

Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column

Subtitle: To the Public.

Title: Northern Star and Freemen's Advocate - December 8, 1842

Speaker or author: Myers, Stephen

Newspaper or publication: Northern Star and Freemen's Advocate (1842 - 18??)

The editor responds to his critics.

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

Subtitle: Northern Star & Freemen's Advocate. Albany, Thursday, March 10, 1842.

Title: Northern Star and Freemen's Advocate - March 10, 1842

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Northern Star and Freemen's Advocate (1842 - 18??)

The writer addresses those he believes have set out to malign the newspaper with "insinuations" that the editor is pro-Colonization. He believes this is just another effort to discredit the newspaper.

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

Subtitle: Arming the Blacks.

Title: Pacific Appeal - August 16, 1862

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Pacific Appeal (1862 - 188?)

While there's still some opposition in the government to the current policy of emancipating slaves and incorporating them in the Union ranks to fight the rebel soldiers, this practice seems to be working.

Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column

Subtitle: The 54th Massachusetts Regiment.

Title: Pacific Appeal - August 22, 1863

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Pacific Appeal (1862 - 188?)

The writer recounts a recent Civil War battle involving the African American troops of the 54th Massacusetts regiment.

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

Subtitle: The Contrabands in Washington.

Title: Pacific Appeal - December 6, 1862

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Pacific Appeal (1862 - 188?)

In a letter to the governor of Illinois, the Superindendent of Contrabands describes the condition of those slaves who were taken as "contrabands of war" by the Union army. The writer notes that most of the charity these people have received has come from the people of the north and not from the government.

Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column

Subtitle: The Freedmen.

Title: Pacific Appeal - February 14, 1863

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Pacific Appeal (1862 - 188?)

The writer tells his readers that now that the slaves are free they will have to fend for themselves. Those former slaves who are not employed by the military must make their own way and find employment through the many hardships that await them.

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

Title: Pacific Appeal - June 14, 1862

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Pacific Appeal (1862 - 188?)

The writer comments on recent actions by President Lincoln in response to General Hunter's proclamation that all slaves held in the area occupied by his troops are free.

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

Title: Pacific Appeal -May 31, 1862

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Pacific Appeal (1862 - 188?)

The editor responds to an editorial in another newspaper expressing opposition to emancipated slaves settling in California.

Description of file(s): two scanned newspaper pages (three columns)

Subtitle: Begging for Fugitives in Canada.

Title: Provincial Freeman - April 14, 1855

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859)

The writer laments the continued perception among the Canadian public that people of African descent are unable to care for themselves. The automatic assumption that these people must be clothed, fed, and sheltered is degrading to the race.

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

Subtitle: "Stealing the Livery of Heaven to Serve the Devil."

Title: Provincial Freeman - April 4, 1857

Speaker or author: Cary, Mary Ann Shadd, 1823-1893

Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859)

The writer responds to those who believe that the refugees from slavery who are arriving in her area are needing of aid and in a dire state. The assumption that those of African descent living in Canada are needy and barely surviving is insulting.

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

Subtitle: Negro Churches.

Title: Provincial Freeman - August 29, 1855

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859)

The writer comments on an article from another newspaper announcing that the city of St. Louis has determined that African American churches are to blame for the "mischief" attributed to the behavior of slaves. To remedy this, the city is closing these churches and making room for slaves in white churches.

Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column

Subtitle: Look out for H. Garrett.

Title: Provincial Freeman - December 1, 1855

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859)

The writer responds to the ideas on returning fugitive slaves to their "owners" that have been offered by Lewis Cass of Michigan.

Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column

Title: Provincial Freeman - February 2, 1856

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859)

The editor reports on a story published in another newspaper regarding an incidence when a fugitive female slave cut the throats of her children when she knew capture was imminent.

Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column

Title: Provincial Freeman - January 27, 1855

Speaker or author: S.

Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859)

The writer discusses the recent proposal by the state of Delaware to allow free African Americans to enter the state without being fined. This would revise the current law which forbids this. The writer points out that the state goverment is focusing on the potential economic advantages of this type of revision.

Description of file(s): two scanned newspaper pages (three columns)

Subtitle: Aiding Slaves to Escape.

Title: Provincial Freeman - June 30, 1855

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859)

The writer briefly comments on the status of the Underground Railroad. He suggests a couple of ways to improve this system.

Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column

Subtitle: Young Men's Associations -- Slavery.

Title: Provincial Freeman - May 16, 1857

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859)

As the Young Men's Christian Association establishes itself in Canada, the writer wonders aloud how this organization with its emphasis on brotherhood will receive those of African descent. The writer then focuses on the influence of Christianity and the Church on racial prejudice that is increasing in Canada.

Description of file(s): three scanned newspaper pages (five columns)

Subtitle: The "Colonist" and the Fugitives.

Title: Provincial Freeman - May 5, 1855

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859)

The writer comments on an article published in another newspaper offering a weak apology for a previously published statement saying that fugitive slaves made "undesirable citizens." The circular logic in the apology noted that if the fugitives were "intelligent and industrious" that they wouldn't care what color they were. The assumption is already made in this writer's statement that these people are "ignorant and brutally trained."

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

Subtitle: Where are the Colored Ministers of Chatham.

Title: Provincial Freeman - May 9, 1857

Speaker or author: Cary, Mary Ann Shadd, 1823-1893

Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859)

The writer asks why when listing the names of ministers in Chatham, another local newspaper had overlooked ministers of African descent.

Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column

Subtitle: Land Agents Caught Napping.

Title: Provincial Freeman - May 9, 1857

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859)

The writer describes a scheme among land agents to get Canadian men of African descent to sign a petition. Although the contents of the petition were never defined, the writer is convinced this was another scheme to defraud free black Canadians.

Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column

Subtitle: Conviction of Captain Smith.

Title: Provincial Freeman - November 25, 1854

Speaker or author: S.

Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859)

The writer comments on the recent conviction of slave trader, Captain James Smith, for piracy.

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

Subtitle: Just from Slavery.

Title: Voice of the Fugitive - February 12, 1851

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)

The writer tells the story of a captured fugitive slave who picked the lock on the chain that held him and escaped while his captors were drinking at a local pub.

Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column

Subtitle: Another Soul-Driver Gone.

Title: Voice of the Fugitive - February 26, 1851

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)

The editor announces the violent death of the slave-holder who had once owned him. He describes the cruelty and viciousness of this man who once held him in chains.

Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column

Subtitle: Good News From Slavery.

Title: Voice of the Fugitive - January 15, 1851

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)

Brief announcement of the arrival of more fugitive slaves to the local area.

Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column

Subtitle: Female Sympathy in Boston.

Title: Voice of the Fugitive - January 15, 1851

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)

The writer provides a list of resolutions passed during a special meeting of the Massachusetts Female Emancipation Committee meeting held in 1850.

Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column

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