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Title: Provincial Freeman - December 29, 1855
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859)
The writer relates the stories of three mulatoo men named William. Each was raised by a single woman as her own child, and each chose a similar route to freedom.
Description of file(s): two scanned, two columned, newspaper pages
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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - August 20, 1859
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
Brief overview of the ballyhoo surrounding the visit to New York of a confederate military regiment. The writer suggests that the money spent on this event could have been better used to clean the city streets.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - February 18, 1860
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
The writer offers his thoughts on what he believes is taunting from the New York Tribune in its attempt to stir up trouble between the northern and southern states.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - October 15, 1859
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
The writer comments on a letter received from a newspaper correspondent on the subject of slavery, politics, and racial prejudice in New York state.
Description of file(s): one scanned, three columned, newspaper page
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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - October 7, 1859
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
The writer comments on the recent election of Mr. Caldwell to the New York State Senate.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - October 7, 1859
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
The writer comments on recent changes in the U.S. He now sees a decline in the dominance of the "old families" of Virginia in the political arena as well as a renewed interest in restoring the slave trade.
Description of file(s): one scanned, newspaper column