Speaker or author: Johnson, Ezra R.
Newspaper or publication: Pacific Appeal
Speech encouraging patience in the fight for emancipation and emphasizing the speaker's belief that it wouldn't be long before President Lincoln would abolish slavery nationwide.
Description of file(s): PDF 6 page, 1,200 word document (text and images)
Title: Provincial Freeman - March 24, 1853
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859)
The writer describes his journey through the small towns of Ontario. He emphasizes how little racial prejudice he encountered in Canada and how well people of African descent seem to be doing there.
Description of file(s): three scanned, two columned, newspaper pages
Title: Provincial Freeman - October 6, 1855
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859)
A description of a visit and review of the Association for the settlement and moral improvement of the colored population of Canada
Description of file(s): three scanned, two columned, newspaper pages
Title: Voice of the Fugitive - February 12, 1851
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
Brief account of the current status of the Elgin Settlement in Canada West.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column