Title: Colored American - April 29, 1837
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The editor comments on an editorial that appeared in another newspaper regarding the obligation Americans owe to Africa. The writer expresses his own interpretation of this idea. He suggests that the first step to helping Africa is to stop the national perception of separation that prejudice against the continent and its people creates.
Description of file(s): one scanned, one columned, newspaper page
Title: Colored American - October 24, 1840
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer comments on a report published in the New York Observer regarding a speech on slavery in East India delivered during the World's Convention. He asks why the editor of the New York Observer is so willing to condemn slavery in other countries but refuses to address the issue of slavery in the U.S.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
Title: Provincial Freeman - May 16, 1857
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859)
The writer discusses the effects of slavery on society that reach from the acceptance of the misery on the auction block, to the advertisements that continue to appear in big city American newspapers.
Description of file(s): two scanned, two columned, newspaper pages
Title: Voice of the Fugitive - May 6, 1852
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The writer responds to a review of the recently published book, Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Description of file(s): two scanned, two columned, newspaper pages
Title: Weekly Anglo-African - April 5, 1862
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
The writer points to several social and political events that signal the end of slavery. With the end of the war, emancipation must be included in the peace and change that follows.
Description of file(s): two scanned, two columned, newspaper pages