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Subtitle: Five Hundred Dollars Wanted at this Office.

Title: Voice of the Fugitive - April 8, 1852

Speaker or author: editor

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

The editor asks his readers to please help the newspaper grow and increase publication by contributing funds.

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

Subtitle: Laborers Wanted in Canada West.

Title: Voice of the Fugitive - May 7, 1851

Speaker or author: editor

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

The writer tells his readers of employment opportunities in the western part of Canada.

Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column

Subtitle: New York, April 13, 1861. A Carbonari Wanted.

Title: Weekly Anglo-African - April 13, 1861

Speaker or author: editor

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

The writer shares the recent story of a family of fugitive slaves who were captured and returned to bondage. He calls for a stronger response than outrage to these types of events; he calls for revolution.

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

Subtitle: Humanity and Houses Wanted.

Title: Weekly Anglo-African - April 7, 1860

Speaker or author: editor

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

Brief mention of a "full length drawn portrait" of Henry Highland Garnet that appeared in a recent issue of the New York Tribune. The writer finds it ironic that such a nicely drawn image of Mr. Garnet should appear in a newspaper that is so against African American people.

Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column

Subtitle: Wanted--Money.

Title: Weekly Anglo-African - February 8, 1862

Speaker or author: editor

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

The writer responds to some ideas about how the government will fund the Civil War.

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

Subtitle: Wanted--A Press.

Title: Weekly Anglo-African - January 18, 1862

Speaker or author: editor

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

The writer questions whether there is such a thing as a "free press" in the U.S. He cites a couple of incidents that seem to imply the contrary.

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

Subtitle: Volunteers Wanted!

Title: Weekly Anglo-African - March 1, 1862

Speaker or author: editor

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

The writer comments on the current use of various labels for recently freed slaves. He suggests "National Freedmen" as a suitable choice.

Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column

Subtitle: Wanted! A Nation!

Title: Weekly Anglo-African - May 11, 1861

Speaker or author: editor

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

The writer raises the question of how to "make ourselves a distinct people and a homogeneous nation?" He offers some comments on the way racial relationships are currently dealt with, and the overall social condition of the time.

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

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