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Title: Aliened American - April 9, 1853
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Aliened American (1853 - 1877)
The editor announces with this the first issue of the Aliened American newspaper its mission statement; community goals; and the names of contributing writers and supporters.
Description of file(s): three scanned newspaper pages (five columns)
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Title: Colored American - August 24, 1839
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer expresses his views regarding a resolution asking the African American community to withhold their votes in the upcoming election for any candidate who is not in favor of the immediate abolition of slavery.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Colored American - August 31, 1839
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer continues his commentary on a proposed resolution which states that African Americans will deny their vote to any candidate who does not support the immediate abolition of slavery.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Colored American - September 1, 1838
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer reports on activities of the Colonization Society in New Jersey as it attempts to persuade free African Americans to move to Africa.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Colored American - September 18, 1841
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The editor responds with feigned insult to the news that the Colored American newspaper had been officially disapproved by a majority in a committee of 12 voters at the Conference of Disfranchised Commissioners.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Colored American - September 7, 1839
Speaker or author: Cornish, Samuel E. (Samuel Eli), 1795?-1858
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer continues his commentary on a proposed resolution which states that African Americans will deny their vote to any candidate who does not support the immediate abolition of slavery.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Pacific Appeal - February 20, 1864
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Pacific Appeal (1862 - 188?)
The writer discusses the possibility of a Constitutional amendment forever abolishing slavery in this country that is currently being considered by Congress.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Pacific Appeal - January 23, 1864
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Pacific Appeal (1862 - 188?)
The writer comments on the way African American soldiers have distinguished themselves on the battlefield and proven wrong those who believed they would not fight for their country. He suggests that other misconceptions and fears about African Americans are being proven incorrect one by one.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Palladium of Liberty - November 13, 1844
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Palladium of Liberty (1843 - 1844)
The editor answers those who have criticized the newspaper for publishing resolutions given at an unannounced public meeting.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Palladium of Liberty - October 2, 1844
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Palladium of Liberty (1843 - 1844)
The writer alerts his readers to a false rumor circulating regarding voting rights.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Weekly Advocate - January 21, 1837
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Advocate (1837)
The writer discussed new legislation in Congress that suggested that any "petition, memorials, resolutions, propositions, or papers relating to slavery or the abolition of slavery" be left un-addressed, unread, and unacknowledged.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page