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Subtitle: Festivals.

Title: Colored Citizen - November 7, 1863

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Colored Citizen (1863 - 18??)

The writer encourages the women of Cincinnati to offer a festival to benefit the soldiers at Camp Delaware.

Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column

Subtitle: A Plea for Freedmen.

Title: Elevator - May 12, 1865

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Elevator (1865 - 18??)

The writer comments on a copy of the Pennsylvania Freedmen's Journal he recently received. He also alerts his readers to a fundraiser being organized to help newly freed slaves.

Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column

Subtitle: The Mechanic's Fair.

Title: Elevator - September 1, 1865

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Elevator (1865 - 18??)

The writer offers a brief review of a Mechanics Fair he attended.

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

Subtitle: A Bazaar for the Provincial Freeman.

Title: Provincial Freeman - June 3, 1854

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859)

The writer comments on the custom of holding Bazaars which contribute to the support of Canadian anti-slavery movements and newspapers such as the Provincial Freeman.

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

Subtitle: A Bazaar in Toronto for "Frederick Douglass' Paper," &c.

Title: Provincial Freeman - June 3, 1854

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859)

The writer questions the motivation behind the organizing of an upcoming bazaar to help the anti-slavery movement and newspapers in Canada. He wonders why an anti-slavery society in New York would want to benefit immigrants living in Canada.

Subtitle: Agricultural Fairs.

Title: Voice of the Fugitive - October 8, 1851

Speaker or author: editor

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

Brief overview of a recent agricultural fair held in Detroit.

Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column

Subtitle: Colored Orphan Asylum Fair in Brooklyn.

Title: Weekly Anglo-African - April 7, 1860

Speaker or author: editor

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

Overview of a recent fair presented by the Colored Orphan Asylum in Brooklyn, New York.

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

Subtitle: The Colored Orphan Asylum.

Title: Weekly Anglo-African - March 24, 1860

Speaker or author: editor

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

The writer tells his readers about an upcoming performance presented by the children at the Colored Orphan Asylum in New York. The proceeds of the performance will be used to benefit the school and support the children.

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

Subtitle: Grand Democratic Musical Festival and Breakdown.

Title: Weekly Anglo-African - May 12, 1860

Speaker or author: editor

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

Detailed review of a recent festival performance given in Charleston, South Carolina.

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

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