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Title: Colored American - October 27, 1838
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer encourages his readers and asks them to keep up their efforts toward self-improvement. He also asks for financial support of "agents" who are traveling to Canada for missionary work and assistance to those African Americans who have settled there.
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Title: Colored American - September 29, 1838
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer announces the recent marriage of Reverend Hiram Wilson and tells of his plan for missionary work in Upper Canada. Thousands of escaped slaves and emancipated people are living in a remote and destitute area in the upper provinces of Canada, and missionary work would be welcomed there. The writer asks the philanthropists and abolition organizations among his readership to help Reverend Wilson in his mission.
Description of file(s): one scanned, one columned, newspaper page