University Archives

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

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

Title: Provincial Freeman - June 7, 1856

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859)

The writer comments on the growing political tension between the North and the South in the U.S.

Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column

Title: Voice of the Fugitive - January 15, 1852

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)

The writer comments briefly on the recent arrest of eleven British subjects taken from a ship docked in New Orleans. The arrests were based solely on the fact that these men were of African descent.

Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column

Title: Voice of the Fugitive - May 7, 1851

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)

The writer praises the U.S. for electing Charles Sumner to the Senate.

Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column

Title: Weekly Anglo-African - June 16, 1860

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)

Brief overview of Charles Sumner's speech, with a comparison of this speech with one delivered by Cassius M. Clay.

Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column