Title: Elevator - June 16, 1865
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Elevator (1865 - 18??)
The writer encourages young people to strive for obtaining the best jobs possible. Next to education, he finds this endeavor of utmost importance to their individual well-being and the advancement of the race.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
Title: Elevator - September 22, 1865
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Elevator (1865 - 18??)
The writer tells his readers of several families who have left California and returned to the eastern states.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
Title: Provincial Freeman - April 5, 1856
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859)
The writer relates different versions of the fate of Margaret Garner, her baby, and those aboard the steamship Henry Lewis.
Description of file(s): two scanned newspaper pages (three columns)
Title: Provincial Freeman - August 5, 1854
Speaker or author: Ward, Samuel Ringgold, b. 1817
Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859)
The writer offers a eulogy on the reported death of James D. Tinsley.
Description of file(s): two scanned, two columned, newspaper pages
Title: Provincial Freeman - September 29, 1855
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859)
The writer comments on the story of two clergymen of African heritage who were refused entry to a saloon on board a steam ship that they had paid full fare to travel aboard.
Description of file(s): three scanned, two columned, newspaper pages (portion damaged and/or missing)
Title: Weekly Anglo-African - March 29, 1862
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
Although immigration to Hayti had been touted as a solution to the problem of what to do with former slaves, fewer and fewer African Americans are actually taking advantage of this option. The reality of this idea seems to have failed to live up to expectations.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column