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Title: Colored American - April 19, 1838
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer urges his readers to be frugal and thrifty and to share what they can with those less fortunate.
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Title: Colored American - November 25, 1837
Speaker or author: Cornish, Samuel E. (Samuel Eli), 1795?-1858
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer relates a story of a black British sailor who is arrested in Washington, DC on suspicion that he is a fugitive slave. The law required that a white man step forward to validate his claim that he is a free man or the sailor would be sold into slavery to pay the expense of his arrest.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Colored American - September 30, 1837
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer stresses that good moral habits begin at home. If parents are moral, industrious, and place a strong emphasis on improvement and elevation, their children will adopt similar habits. Strong moral, spiritual, and industrious habits offer a way of being perceived by the community in a positive light, and do much to deter social prejudice.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page