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Title: Colored American - June 22, 1839
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer comments on the influence of the Church in continuing the system of slavery.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Elevator - May 19, 1865
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Elevator (1865 - 18??)
Now that the nation has mourned the death of Abraham Lincoln the focus of American attention turns to Reconstruction and the question of rights for the newly freed slaves.
Description of file(s): two scanned newspaper pages (three columns)
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - April 8, 1852
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The editor asks his readers to please help the newspaper grow and increase publication by contributing funds.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - May 7, 1851
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The writer tells his readers of employment opportunities in the western part of Canada.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - April 13, 1861
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
The writer shares the recent story of a family of fugitive slaves who were captured and returned to bondage. He calls for a stronger response than outrage to these types of events; he calls for revolution.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - April 7, 1860
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
Brief mention of a "full length drawn portrait" of Henry Highland Garnet that appeared in a recent issue of the New York Tribune. The writer finds it ironic that such a nicely drawn image of Mr. Garnet should appear in a newspaper that is so against African American people.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - February 8, 1862
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
The writer responds to some ideas about how the government will fund the Civil War.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - January 18, 1862
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
The writer questions whether there is such a thing as a "free press" in the U.S. He cites a couple of incidents that seem to imply the contrary.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - March 1, 1862
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
The writer comments on the current use of various labels for recently freed slaves. He suggests "National Freedmen" as a suitable choice.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - May 11, 1861
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
The writer raises the question of how to "make ourselves a distinct people and a homogeneous nation?" He offers some comments on the way racial relationships are currently dealt with, and the overall social condition of the time.
Description of file(s): two scanned newspaper pages (three columns)