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Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
Brief note telling readers that the Postmaster in Newport, Iowa refuses to deliver the Voice of the Fugitive newspapers sent to subscribers in that area saying that if any more were sent there they'd be burned.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - August 27, 1859
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
The writer tells his readers that prejudice is not based on the hatred of skin color but on the love of money. In the south, the black man is made a slave; in the north he is made a servant. In both cases, the color of a man's skin is simply an indication of someone who can be used to make money.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column