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Title: Colored American - June 1, 1839
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer expresses his opinion on the current debate in the Church regarding whether or not slavery is a sin.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Provincial Freeman - January 29, 1859
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859)
The writer tells his readers about a family of slaves who were purchased by a committee of free men of African descent from slave traders at auction.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - April 20, 1861
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
The writer responds angrily to a notice published in another newspaper that offers a reward for the return of an escaped female slave who ran away even though her ankles were chained together.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - April 7, 1860
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
The writer responds to an article published in another newspaper citing the variances in the number and gender of African American tax payers and slave holders in New York and South Carolina.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - August 13, 1859
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
Brief commentary on the political ideas and actions of Senator Brown of Mississippi.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - August 27, 1859
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
The writer comments on an article published in another newspaper. He discusses the religious doctrine preached to slaves by white ministers that encourages them to believe that their lot in life is dictated by God because of the color of their skin. This, he tells his readers, is designed to make slaves submit to their white masters, remain ignorant, and be content with their lack of freedom. Southern planters are encouraged to believe that they must help slaves comply with this divine doctrine so that the slaves are unaware of the injustice of slavery. In this way, religion is used as a tool to help keep slaves docile and obedient.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - December 10, 1859
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
The writer describes the unsettled state of the country after the incident at Harper's Ferry and the execution of John Brown. He praises John Brown's life and heroic death.
Description of file(s): two scanned, two columned, newspaper pages
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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - December 21, 1861
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
The burning of the city of Charleston during the Civil War was claimed by many to be the work of slaves. The writer comments on reports of slave insurrection.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - January 12, 1861
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
The writer tells his readers that mobs of poor white people in the southern states are stirring with thoughts of secession. Secession and violence seem the only solution to poverty and hunger for the poor in the South. The writer predicts that if things don't improve in six months, the general government will have to defend itself from the mobs.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - January 26, 1861
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
As Southern states secede from the Union, free African Americans from South Carolina are arriving in New York. Free people of color are leaving the south as fast as they can fearing they will lose their freedom if they stay.
Description of file(s): one scanned, three columned, newspaper page
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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - March 23, 1861
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
Brief commentary on the unsettled state of the country as it approaches war. Free African Americans are volunteering to fight; and slaves are becoming increasingly sensitive to what is happening around them.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - November 12, 1859
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
The writer describes the fearful atmosphere of the country following the actions of John Brown and during the days of his trial.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page