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Title: Anglo-African - December 9, 1865
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Anglo-African (1863 - 1865)
The writer reported on conventions held in several states. He gave a brief overview of each.
Description of file(s): two scanned, two columned, newspaper pages
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Title: Anglo-African - November 11, 1865
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Anglo-African (1863 - 1865)
The writer offers his views regarding the current governmental ideas on Reconstruction after the Civil War. He tells his readers that he speaks for all African Americans in saying that the country should work towards ensuring freedom for all and providing all American people with the rights of citizenship regardless of color.
Description of file(s): two scanned newspaper pages (three columns)
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Title: Black Republican - April 15, 1865
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Black Republican (1865)
The editor discusses the right of suffrage and a recent government petition regarding this signed by five thousand African Americans.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Black Republican - April 22, 1865
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Black Republican (1865)
The writer discusses two candidates who are running for Governor and Lieutenant Governor in Rhode Island, a state that offers African Americans the right to vote.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Colored American - April 17, 1841
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
Brief but vivid description of the funeral in New York City for William Henry Harrison. The writer emphasized the lack of caste distinction in the crowds that gathered to watch the procession, as everyone stood together for this national day of mourning.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Colored American - August 29, 1840
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer reports on the state convention being held in Albany.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Colored American - December 15, 1838
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer encourages his readers to purchase the $250 worth of real estate required to establish the right to vote. He also encourages them to use this voting power to help change the suffrage restrictions that apply to African Americans.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Colored American - December 16, 1837
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer reminds his readers of the importance of suffrage for all Americans. He expresses his view that "without the right of suffrage, we are, and must remain, a nonentity in the State and National governments...." He urges his readers to petition the government for the rught of suffrage for free African Americans.
Description of file(s): one scanned, one columned, newspaper page
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Title: Colored American - July 15, 1837
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer reminds his readers of the importance of the right of suffrage for all Americans. He urges all African Americans to petition the government regarding suffrage legislation and voting rights.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Colored American - July 18, 1840
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer responds to a letter published in another newspaper objecting to a recent anti-slavery convention. The letter anonymously expressed the view that African American abolitionists should not hold separate conventions; that all abolitionists should work together. This editorial expresses an opposing view.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Colored American - July 8, 1837
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer comments on an article published in the New York Observer expressing the idea that prejudice against African Americans is not based on the color of their skin but on the condition of their lives. The Observer's article said that society has forgotten the original reason for prejudice and now sees it as simply an issue of color. In order to overcome prejudice, the Observer suggests, African Americans must work to improve the condition of their lives.
Description of file(s): two scanned newspaper pages (three columns)
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Title: Colored American - June 12, 1841
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
Brief update on recent work towards suffrage for African Americans in Connecticut.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Colored American - March 11, 1837
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The editor explains a petition that was sent to the New York state government requesting an end to limited civil rights for free African Americans. The petition included a request for trial by jury, a repeal of the law authorizing slavery, and a restoration of voting rights. He notes that before 1821, free black men were allowed to vote and that this freedom has now been taken from them without just cause.
Description of file(s): one scanned, one columned, newspaper page
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Title: Colored American - March 3, 1838
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer gave a critique of a recent speech by Thomas S. Sidney on the subject of civil rights.
Description of file(s): one scanned, one columned, newspaper page
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Title: Colored American - May 8, 1841
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer responds to a negative article in another newspaper regarding the conditions in the West Indies after emancipation.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Colored American - May 8, 1841
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
Brief announcement of upcoming meetings to celebrate the anniversaries of two major anti-slavery societies. (Included is a very brief mention of a meeting of the "liberated Africans," which refers to the Amistad captives.)
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Colored American - May 8, 1841
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer shares with his readers the current status of a proposed amendment to the Constitution which would allow all citizens to vote regardless of color.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper page
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Title: Colored American - November 13, 1841
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer comments on a story from Georgia in which a man is said to have "stolen" a female slave. The governors of Georgia and New York debated Georgia's obligation under Federal law and the recently passed "Jury Trial Law" that impacts the outcome of this case.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Colored American - October 2, 1841
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer gives an overview of the annual meeting of the New York Anti-Slavery Society held in Utica. The meeting was well received and a great success. Issues addressed were independent political action and "Church action."
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Colored American - October 24, 1840
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer comments on a report published in the New York Observer regarding a speech on slavery in East India delivered during the World's Convention. He asks why the editor of the New York Observer is so willing to condemn slavery in other countries but refuses to address the issue of slavery in the U.S.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Colored American - October 30, 1841
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The editor comments on an amendment to the state constitution of Rhode Island regarding free suffrage rights to male citizens that would only be approved if the word "white" was added, thereby instantly disfranchising all African American men in that state.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Colored American - September 18, 1841
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer urges his readers to take action and petition the government for suffrage rights.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Colored American - September 23, 1837
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The editorial addresses the current debate regarding suffrage for African Americans. The writer shares information regarding efforts being made toward this goal by Phillip A. Bell and Charges Ray, and urges his readers to help by petitioning the government.
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??)
While there was slavery in the ancient world, the writer points that the U.S. is the only country that added racial prejudice to the experience. The writer gives a historic overview of the system of slavery and its continued influence on current U.S. society.
Description of file(s): three scanned, two columned, newspaper pages
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Title: Elevator - July 28, 1865
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Elevator (1865 - 18??)
The writer accuses several California and Nevada newspapers of traitorous reporting in their views regarding the rights of African Americans.
Description of file(s): two scanned newspaper pages (three columns)