Title: Colored American - April 15, 1837
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer expresses his dismay at the goals of the British and American churches to convert the world to Christianity when in their own countries they condone un-Christian behavior.
Description of file(s): one scanned, one columned, newspaper page
Title: Impartial Citizen - January 30, 1850
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851)
The writer notes that winter is the time for the religious practice of conversion of sinners. He hopes that this season offers an opportunity to convert those who are filled with the sin of racial hatred.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
Title: Palladium of Liberty - May 29, 1844
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Palladium of Liberty (1843 - 1844)
The writer comments on the educational promises of Congressman Henry A. Wise of Virginia.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
Title: Weekly Anglo-African - December 31, 1859
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
Brief commentary on Governor Wise's reaction to a letter he received from Frederick Douglass.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
Title: Weekly Anglo-African - December 31, 1859
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
Political tensions grow between the North and the South. The writer includes quoted threats from Virginia's Governor Wise to hang Frederick Douglass and drive the abolitionists out of the Union (or create a Confederacy).
Description of file(s): one scanned, three columned, newspaper page
Title: Weekly Anglo-African - May 4, 1861
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
The writer comments on the American Anti-Slavery Society's decision to postpone their annual meeting.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page