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Title: Aliened American - April 9, 1853
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Aliened American (1853 - 1877)
The writer points out a discrepancy in the number of immigrants reportedly colonized in Liberia and the amount of money the American Colonization Society say they have invested in each person participating in this project.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Anglo-African - August 12, 1865
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Anglo-African (1863 - 1865)
The writer comments on an article published in a Nashville, Tennessee newspaper urging readers to vote for Governor Campbell and a return to the institution of slavery.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Colored American - February 17, 1838
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer reminds his northern readers of those who still suffer in the system of slavery in the southern states. He includes excerpts from other newspapers reporting cruelty and despair suffered by those who remain enslaved.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Colored American - July 13, 1839
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer offers a description and critique of the recent anniversary celebration of the New York chapter of the Phoenixonian Literary Society.
Description of file(s): two scanned newspaper pages (three columns)
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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 29, 1837
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer urges his readers to join the Moral Reform Society. He believes that the best way to gain social acceptance is for African Americans to present a moral, industrious, and intelligent manner to the general public.
Description of file(s): one scanned, one columned, newspaper page
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Title: Colored American - June 1, 1839
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer expresses his opinion on the current debate in the Church regarding whether or not slavery is a sin.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Colored American - June 19, 1841
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
Brief comment on an article in a Catholic newspaper predicting that slavery would surely end soon.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Colored American - June 2, 1838
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The editor responds to a comment made about his move to the country from the city of New York that was delivered before a meeting of the anti-slavery society. He notes that some of the information given about his motivations is incorrect.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Colored American - June 26, 1841
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
Brief account of a slaveholder who accidently shot his wife while loading his gun to shoot his runaway slave.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Colored American - May 11, 1839
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer announces an upcoming convention to be held on the anniversary of the American Anti-Slavery Society. He briefly mentions the challenges that lay ahead for this organization.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Colored American - May 13, 1837
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer expresses his views regarding the negative impact that southern slavery has on the economics of the northern states.
Description of file(s): one scanned, one columned, newspaper page
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Title: Colored American - May 13, 1837
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
Overview of a celebration held on the anniversary of the Colonization Society. Several ministers spoke and admitted to silent compliance with the system of slavery in their sermons. The idea was to encourage African Americans to agree with colonization based on the notion that because of the Church's "admittedly evil pact with Satan" in promoting slavery, there was no chance for freed people of color to advance out of their current social situation in the U.S. The only hope expressed by these ministers was for African Americans to agree with the tenets of the Colonization Society and move to Africa.
Description of file(s): one scanned, one columned, newspaper page
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Title: Colored American - May 20, 1837
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer expresses his view that a commitment to temperance and punctual attendance at meetings devoted to this cause promotes the idea that African Americans are industrious, pious and moral people. He believes that presenting a moral and industrious image helps to counter the stereotyping that prejudice promotes.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Colored American - May 22, 1841
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer shares with his readers a recent decision by the Supreme Court in Ohio establishing that any slave brought into the state is automatically declared free.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Colored American - May 27, 1837
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
Despite its good intentions, the writer believes that the American Colonization movement is a politically motivated ploy to remove people of color from the U.S., and thus solve the moral problem of slavery.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Colored American - May 29, 1841
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer responds to a comment made by Thomas Van Rensselaer that the free African American people are pro-slavery and "priest-ridden."
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Colored American - May 6, 1837
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer announces the anniversary celebration of the American Anti-Slavery Society. This organization holds an important place in a country whose government and Churches are swayed by prejudice, a system based on slaveholding, and continued corruption.
Description of file(s): one scanned, one columned, newspaper page
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Title: Colored American - May 9, 1840
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer shares a letter from a former slave who was able to amass a small fortune after release from slavery. This is offered to prove that freed slaves are capable of taking care of themselves.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Colored American - November 25, 1837
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The editor reports details regarding the death of a newspaper owner in Alton, Illinois who was murdred by a mob set on destroying his printing press.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Colored American - November 4, 1837
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer reports on his experience while attending the anniversary of the Philomethian Society. The Philomethian Society members are young, talented African American youth interested in education and making positive contributions to society.
Description of file(s): one scanned, one 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 warns his readers not to be taken in by the promises of Colonization. He emphasizes the missionary work of George S. Brown who, when he could not convert the native Africans to Christianity, killed them en mass and then bragged about doing so. Now this same missionary is attempting to persuade free African Americans to immigrate to Liberia.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Colored American - October 31, 1840
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer reports on a meeting held at a local church regarding immigration to Trinidad. He suspects that one of the speakers who's speech encouraged immigration is actually a paid agent.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Colored American - October 5, 1839
Speaker or author: Cornish, Samuel E. (Samuel Eli), 1795?-1858
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer comments on an exchange between Samuel Cornish and Philip Bell regarding a statement published in the Friend of Man newspaper. The Friend of Man's brief statement was from a representative of the New York Anti-Slavery Society saying they would not support the Colored American newspaper until it changed its political point of view.
Description of file(s): two scanned newspaper pages (three columns)
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Title: Elevator - October 6, 1865
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Elevator (1865 - 18??)
The writer offers his views on the platform of General Jacob Cox, a candidate for governor of Ohio.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column