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Title: Anglo-African - November 18, 1865
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Anglo-African (1863 - 1865)
Brief notification of the death of James McCune Smith.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Colored American - November 10, 1838
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
Thw writer comments on an article regarding the death of Bishop Jolley, "the father of the Scottish Epis. Church."
Description of file(s): one scanned, one columned, newspaper page
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Title: Colored American - November 9, 1839
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer defends the Colored American and its editors regarding negative remarks made by several prominent African American men in the New York State Anti-Slavery Society.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Colored American - September 9, 1837
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The editorial offers a brief welcome to Dr. James McCune Smith upon his return to the U.S. from Scotland. The writer gives a short account of Dr. Smith's recent accomplishments.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Elevator - December 22, 1865
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Elevator (1865 - 18??)
The writer offers a eulogy on the life of James McCune Smith.
Description of file(s): three scanned newspaper pages (five columns)
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Title: Elevator - December 22, 1865
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Elevator (1865 - 18??)
The writer calls attention to the recent deaths of five prominent men.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Impartial Citizen - June 12, 1850
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851)
The writer offers a brief eulogy after the recent death of Stephen H. Gloucester.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Palladium of Liberty - April 3, 1844
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Palladium of Liberty (1843 - 1844)
The writer comments on a recent incident in which an African American man was beaten to death by a gang of white thugs.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Palladium of Liberty - February 28, 1844
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Palladium of Liberty (1843 - 1844)
The writer briefly comments on the recent suicide of Governor Reynolds of Missouri.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Palladium of Liberty - July 3, 1844
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Palladium of Liberty (1843 - 1844)
The writer questions the safety of city residents after a man was beaten to death in his home by another man after a quarrel between the two.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Provincial Freeman - November 25, 1854
Speaker or author: S.
Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859)
The writer comments on the recent conviction of slave trader, Captain James Smith, for piracy.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - December 17, 1851
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The writer relates the story of a couple whose child was killed while they were escaping slavery.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - November 18, 1852
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
Brief announcement that Gerrit Smith has been elected to Congress.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - October 8, 1851
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The writer tells his readers that land donated to African Americans in New York by Gerrit Smith was being taken by speculators. This act of generosity is now part of a great fraud and attempt to discourage recipients from settling on it.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - April 26, 1862
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
The writer comments on a letter Gerrit Smith sent to the Postmaster General regarding the Civil War, military activities, race relations, and the end of slavery.
Description of file(s): two scanned newspaper pages (three columns)
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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - January 19, 1861
Speaker or author: Smith, James McCune, 1813-1865
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
The writer sternly responds to a letter previously published in the newspaper. He defends his affiliation with the African Civilization Society and insists that it is not associated with Colonization in any fashion.
Description of file(s): two scanned, two columned, newspaper pages
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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - June 2, 1860
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
The writer announces the death of Theodore Parker in Milan, Italy.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - October 26, 1861
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
Gerrit Smith sold tracts of land on his estate for one dollar each to poor African Americans. This land is now being bought for taxes by white land owners. The writer believes that basic ignorance of the law and the potential for such action contributed to this event.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page