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Subtitle: To the Press.

Title: Aliened American - April 9, 1853

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Aliened American (1853 - 1877)

Brief word of thanks offered to local newspapers for their welcome and complimentary announcements regarding the publication of this new newspaper.

Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column

Subtitle: Our Noble Committee.

Title: Colored American - April 12, 1838

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)

The editor praises the efforts of the African American community in New York for its help and support in continuing to keep the Colored American newspaper in publication.

Description of file(s): one scanned, one columned, newspaper page

Subtitle: H. Pattinson's Temperance House.

Title: Colored American - August 19, 1837

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)

The writer relates a story of being refused a cup of tea at a temperance house. The proprietor of the house said that he didn't want to upset his customers and so he refused to serve the editor of this paper. The writer expresses his opinion of this refusal and included a letter from Thomas Van Rensselaer expressing a similar point of view.

Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page

Subtitle: Suppressed Letter.

Title: Colored American - August 29, 1840

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)

The editor explains the reasons why a letter sent to the newspaper for publication was not published.

Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column

Subtitle: Suppressed Letter.

Title: Colored American - August 29, 1840

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)

The editor explains the reasons why a letter sent to the newspaper for publication was not published.

Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column

Subtitle: The Penny Press.

Title: Colored American - August 8, 1840

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)

The writer expresses his objections to the increasing popularity of the "Penny Press" newspapers.

Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page

Subtitle: The Editor to his readers.

Title: Colored American - December 22, 1838

Speaker or author: editor

The editor gave a brief overview of the newspaper's status as it ended its second year in publication. He announced that James McCune Smith had been added to the editorial staff.

Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column

Subtitle: The Importance of Our Paper.

Title: Colored American - February 3, 1838

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)

The writer stresses the importance of the newspaper and the African American press not only as a way of communicating on important subjects, keeping informed about national events, and educating the community, but as a means of strengthening the social bond among members of an oppressed race.

Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page

Subtitle: To our Readers.

Title: Colored American - January 13, 1838

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)

The editor informs his readers that the newspaper ownership has passed into the hands of a committee from a former sole proprietorship. He believes this action will be a positive benefit to maintaining the newspaper and its future survival. He asks for continued support from his readers.

Description of file(s): one scanned, one columned, newspaper page

Subtitle: Our Second Year.

Title: Colored American - January 13, 1838

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)

On the anniversary of the newspaper's existence, the editor looks back on the accomplishments of its past and the hopes for its future.

Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page

Subtitle: Liberator.

Title: Colored American - January 13, 1838

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)

The editor praises the Liberator newspaper and encouarges his readers to support this paper.

Description of file(s): one scanned, one columned, newspaper page

Subtitle: New York Observer.

Title: Colored American - July 8, 1837

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)

The writer comments on an article published in the New York Observer expressing the idea that prejudice against African Americans is not based on the color of their skin but on the condition of their lives. The Observer's article said that society has forgotten the original reason for prejudice and now sees it as simply an issue of color. In order to overcome prejudice, the Observer suggests, African Americans must work to improve the condition of their lives.

Description of file(s): two scanned newspaper pages (three columns)

Subtitle: Editorial Responsibility.

Title: Colored American - June 10, 1837

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)

Editorial statement of the intent, motivation, and goals of the newspaper to report in a truthful, moral, and responsible manner information geared towards African American readers.

Description of file(s): one scanned, one columned, newspaper page

Subtitle: Read the Following.

Title: Colored American - March 18, 1837

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)

The writer expresses the goals and objectives of the newspaper, and his pledge to achieve these. He asks readers for support and financial help in this mission.

Description of file(s): one scanned, one columned, newspaper page

Subtitle: "Come Over and Help Us."

Title: Colored American - March 25, 1837

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)

The editor appeals to his readers for financial support to keep the newspaper in publication.

Description of file(s): one scanned, one columned, newspaper page

Subtitle: The "Colored Man's Journal."

Title: Colored American - March 3, 1838

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)

The writer warns his readers about the dubious authorship of a new newspaper called "The Colored Man's Journal." It encourages African Americans to embrace Colonization efforts and immigrate to Africa. This, the writer believes, could not be the writing of an African American. He believes this newspaper to be a sham.

Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page

Subtitle: Title of This Journal.

Title: Colored American - March 4, 1837

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)

The editor offers an explanation for the name selected for this newspaper. He emphasizes that although the term "American" was one that most white Americans wished to deny the black inhabitants of this country, it applied more to them than to a lot of the white citizens in terms of generational ties to this country. The term "Colored" calls caste into question and gives attention to the social issues regarding race and prejudice that the paper addresses.

Description of file(s): one scanned, one columned, newspaper page

Subtitle: Why We Should Have a Paper.

Title: Colored American - March 4, 1837

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)

The writer lists the benefits of having a newspaper published by and for African Americans. These benefits include not only a way of passing along information, but of expressing to the entire country the abilities, potentials, and plight of an entire race.

Description of file(s): one scanned, one columned, newspaper page

Subtitle: To Our Friends and Brethren Beloved:

Title: Colored American - May 6, 1837

Speaker or author: Cornish, Samuel E. (Samuel Eli), 1795?-1858

Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)

The writer offers a humble request for aid and financial support from friends among the people in Pennsylvania.

Description of file(s): one scanned, one columned, newspaper page

Subtitle: Keep Cool.

Title: Colored American - November 2, 1839

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)

The writer comments on the way the trial of the Amistad prisoners is being reported by the press. He urges a fair and non-biased reporting of events.

Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page

Subtitle: An American Citizen murdered!! The Press destroyed!!! The Spirit of Slavery triumphant!!!

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

Subtitle: Our Contemporaries.

Title: Elevator - April 7, 1865

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Elevator (1865 - 18??)

The writer gives a review of six local newspapers.

Description of file(s): two scanned, two columned, newspaper pages

Subtitle: Negrophobia.

Title: Elevator - August 18, 1865

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Elevator (1865 - 18??)

The writer comments on articles published in the Examiner and Democratic Press newspapers that he believes are biased and prejudiced against African Americans.

Description of file(s): two scanned newspaper pages (three columns)

Subtitle: The Difference.

Title: Elevator - August 4, 1865

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Elevator (1865 - 18??)

The writer points out the irony of pardoning Jefferson Davis for his part in the Civil War (a war that cost the lives of thousands) but hanging John Brown for his small rebellion.

Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column

Title: Elevator - July 14, 1865

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Elevator (1865 - 18??)

The editor offers a brief eulogy on the passing of his friend and fellow editor Thomas Hamilton.

Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column

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