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Title: Palladium of Liberty - February 28, 1844
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Palladium of Liberty (1843 - 1844)
The writer comments on the restricting laws of Ohio regarding African Americans living in that state.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Speaker or author: Cary, Mary Ann Shadd, 1823-1893
Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859)
The writer tells her readers that recently C. C. Foote of the Refugees Home Society has taken action to obtain property from two of the home's tenants.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Speaker or author: Cary, Mary Ann Shadd, 1823-1893
Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859)
The writer responds briefly to a letter the newspaper received from the Refugees Home. The letter indicates the humiliating treatment in the name of charity that C. C. Foote's is providing there. Fugitives arriving in Canada are looking for freedom and equality, not pity and handouts.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Provincial Freeman - December 1, 1855
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859)
The editor warns his readers about a confidence man who is circulating through their area posing as fugitive slave and asking for money.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Provincial Freeman - December 1, 1855
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859)
The writer responds to the ideas on returning fugitive slaves to their "owners" that have been offered by Lewis Cass of Michigan.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Provincial Freeman - February 17, 1855
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859)
The editor tells his readers that the newspaper agent living in Niles, Michigan has been collecting for the newspaper and not forwarding any subscriptions. He is no longer employed by the newspaper.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Provincial Freeman - July 15, 1854
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859)
The writer responds to an article published in Frederick Douglass' Paper regarding the status of African Americans living in Canada. He also responds to the idea of maintaining a home for refugees in Canada for African American immigrants there. He tells his readers that the implication is that former slaves cannot take care of themselves. He finds the ideas from this article -- and those from a conference held in the U.S. on this subject -- misleading and absurd. He believes the U.S. has a distorted view of how people of African descent live in Canada.
Description of file(s): three scanned, two columned, newspaper pages
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Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859)
The writer comments on what he believes is another scheme in the guise of helping fugitives who are immigrating to Canada. He tells his readers that this is just another person attempting to take advantage of people of African descent who hope to find refuge in Canada.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - April 23, 1851
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The writer warns fugitive slaves who have settled in the Detroit area to beware of men who are hunting for them. He urges them to come to Canada where they will have greater safety.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - April 23, 1851
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The editor shares statistical information gathered for the government on the number of African Americans living in Michigan.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - August 12, 1852
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The writer discusses the goals and objectives of the Refugees' Home Society. With 35 to 40 thousand fugitive slaves already located in Canada and more arriving daily, the society was formed to address issues of poverty, education, and aid for these refugees from slavery.
Description of file(s): two scanned, two columned, newspaper pages
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - August 13, 1851
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The writer provides an update on the current status of the fugitive slaves and refugees living in Canada.
Description of file(s): two scanned, two columned, newspaper pages
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - December 16, 1852
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The writer alerts his readers to the availability of land to anyone who meets the requirement of the Refugees' Home Society.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - February 12, 1852
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The editor tells his readers that the newspaper has misplaced its list of New England subscription information. He asks that readers pass along a request for subscribers to send their addresses to the newspaper's office in Detroit.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - February 26, 1851
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The writer encourages his readers to send in their subscription money and continue supporting the newspaper.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - February 26, 1851
Speaker or author: Bibb, M[ary] E.
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The writer discusses the current condition of the schools in her section of the province. She acknowledges those who have contributed to the changes in education there.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - Feburary 26, 1851
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The writer reports recent donations of food, clothing, and money to the poor in his area.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - January 1, 1851
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The editor provides brief snippets of news from several states.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - January 15, 1851
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The writer tells his readers that the fugitive slave trial taking place in Detroit has ended without a verdict since the jury couldn't agree.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - January 29, 1851
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The editor thanks those who have recently denoted food and clothing to the poor and fugitive slaves living in Canada.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - January 29, 1852
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The writer provides an overview of two recent U.S. temperance laws established in an effort to control the sale of alcohol.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - July 2, 1851
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The writer expresses the newspaper's disapproval of a plan purposed by a Michigan convention to care for the refugees from slavery living in Canada. This type of charity tends to keep those receiving it in a continuous state of dependency and poverty.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - July 2, 1851
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
Open letter to Henry Clay responding to his "scheme" of Colonization, and the continuation of slavery.
Description of file(s): two scanned newspaper pages (three columns)
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - June 1, 1851
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The response to the editorial question as to whether the newspaper should be published weekly is a resounding "YES!" The editor then encourages his readers to keep up with their subscription payments and donations to help make this happen.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - June 1, 1851
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The writer shares two resolutions regarding fugitive slaves living in Canada that were passed at a recent state convention held in Michigan.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column