Speaker or author: S.
Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859)
As conditions deteriorate in the U.S. for free African Americans, the idea of immigration to Canada seems more and more attractive.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
Title: Weekly Anglo-African - April 7, 1860
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
Overview of a recent fair presented by the Colored Orphan Asylum in Brooklyn, New York.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
Title: Weekly Anglo-African - December 14, 1861
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
Brief report on activities of a committee formed to collect donations to aid refugees of war living at Fortress Monroe.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
Title: Weekly Anglo-African - March 29, 1862
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
Although immigration to Hayti had been touted as a solution to the problem of what to do with former slaves, fewer and fewer African Americans are actually taking advantage of this option. The reality of this idea seems to have failed to live up to expectations.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column