Title: Voice of the Fugitive - November 5, 1851
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The writer comments on a new newspaper being published in Washington, D.C. He regards it as a thinly veiled attempt to promote the goals and ideas of the American Colonization Society.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
Title: Weekly Anglo-African - April 20, 1861
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
The writer tells his readers that Fort Sumter has surrendered to Confederate forces. President Lincoln has called for volunteers and Washington, D. C. is under Martial Law. The country moves rapidly now into civil war.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column