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Title: Colored American - May 18, 1839
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer expresses his outrage at the prejudicial treatment African Americans receive in New Jersey.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Colored American - October 6, 1838
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer urges his readers to be patient in the wait for emancipation. He's encouraged by actions in other countries as they recognize the injustice of slavery and emancipate their slaves. He believes the U.S. will surely follow. Even now, Christians in the northern states are praying for those oppressed in the south.
Description of file(s): one scanned, one columned, newspaper page
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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: Impartial Citizen - December 5, 1849
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851)
The writer expresses the effects of prejudice from religion to education. Prejudice is taught to children through fearful stories that pass down from generation to generation. He adds that in spite of this, the African American people are making more progress towards social elevation than any other oppressed people in history.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Impartial Citizen - November 21, 1849
Speaker or author: Ward, Samuel Ringgold, b. 1817
Newspaper or publication: Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851)
The writer describes his travels and experiences while on a lecture tour of New York and the surrounding area.
Description of file(s): five scanned newspaper pages (nine columns)
Speaker or author: Delany, Martin Robison, 1812-1885
Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman
Lengthy speech detailing the various ways states were dealing with racial issues. The speaker also touched on issues of colonization and amelioration.
Description of file(s): PDF 19 pages, 4,424 word document (text and images)
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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)
Brief report of clothing collected in New Jersey and shipped to Canada for the needy.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - December 28, 1861
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
Even though the government still denies African American volunteers in the Union army, the writer tells his readers there are other ways they can help the fight for freedom.
Description of file(s): two scanned newspaper pages (three columns)
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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - June 2, 1860
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
The writer encourages his readers to buy land now and take up farming. Land offers not only the benefit of a satisfying livelihood, but is a sound investment for the future.
Description of file(s): two scanned newspaper pages (three columns)
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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - May 12, 1860
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
Brief commentary on the case of Jacob S. Harden who was recently found guilty of poisoning his wife.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - September 3, 1859
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
The writer discusses "Camp Meetings" for religious services in rural areas. While once mostly attended by white worshipers, there is of late a shift in the racial make-up of those who now attend.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page