Speaker or author: Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873
Newspaper or publication: National Anti-Slavery Standard
Speech given as Mr. Remond proposed a resolution stressing the importance of encouraging friends of the anti-slavery movement to subscribe to the National Anti-Slavery Standard and Liberator newspapers.
Description of file(s): PDF 2 page, 325 word document (text and images)
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Title: Colored American - October 14, 1837
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The editor responds to a negative article about him that was published in the Liberator newspaper.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Northern Star and Freemen's Advocate - December 8, 1842
Speaker or author: Myers, Stephen
Newspaper or publication: Northern Star and Freemen's Advocate (1842 - 18??)
The editor responds to his critics.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Provincial Freeman - April 4, 1857
Speaker or author: Cary, Mary Ann Shadd, 1823-1893
Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859)
The writer responds to those who believe that the refugees from slavery who are arriving in her area are needing of aid and in a dire state. The assumption that those of African descent living in Canada are needy and barely surviving is insulting.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - July 15, 1852
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
Drawing from newspaper articles published in several states, the writer provides the current political position on slavery throughout the country.
Description of file(s): three scanned newspaper pages (five columns)
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - July 29, 1852
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
Beginning with an overview of a recent convention in Maine, the writer briefly summarizes state by state newspaper articles describing the current political position on the issue of slavery.
Description of file(s): two scanned, two columned, newspaper pages
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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - June 9, 1860
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
The editor responds to an article published in another newspaper regarding African American publications such as the Anglo-African Magazine. He discusses the overall racial oppression in the U.S. that makes this type of publication difficult but at the same time extremely important.
Description of file(s): two scanned newspaper pages (three columns)