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Title: Colored American - February 9, 1839
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer offers his view of the involvement of the Church in continuing the system of slavery.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Colored American - July 28, 1838
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer expresses his belief that pro-slavery factions, unable to argue their case rationally with the abolitionists, are now resorting to terror to accomplish their mission to drive free African Americans from the country.
Description of file(s): one scanned, one columned, newspaper page
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Title: Colored American - June 19, 1841
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer comments on an article published in the Western Christian Advocate newspaper explaining why the editor is not an abolitionist.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Colored American - June 20, 1840
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer provides an overview of a recent conference of the Methodist Episcopalian Church. He emphasizes the controversy that developed when the topic of slavery and abolition was introduced.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Colored American - June 30, 1838
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer is dismayed by the attention to the idea of mixing of the races (amalgamation) that seems to be the focus of those in favor of colonization. The fear is that freedom will encourage amalgamation, which he assures the white population is not an issue. He points to southern slavery as more conducive to amalgamation. Encouraging this fear is more a ploy by colonizationists than any real threat to society.
Description of file(s): one scanned, one columned, newspaper page
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Title: Colored American - June 8, 1839
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer describes the actions of a pro-slavery faction operating in the newly emancipated British West Indies. These men are attempting to continue the oppression of newly freed slaves by making their lives unbearable.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Colored American - November 3, 1838
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer encourages his readers by telling them that the call for abolition is now the most powerful political cry in the land. He tells them that more and more people are adopting this idea and that the fight for freedom continues.
Description of file(s): one scanned, one columned, newspaper page
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Title: Colored American - September 15, 1838
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer warns his readers that slanderous statements published by other editors against David Ruggles and Barney Corse are not true.
Description of file(s): one scanned, one columned, newspaper page
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Title: Colored American - September 22, 1838
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer expresses the irony of a country founded on principles of freedom that continues to include the system of slavery in its southern states.
Description of file(s): one scanned, one columned, newspaper page
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Title: Frederick Douglass' Paper - January 27, 1854
Speaker or author: Watkins, William J.
Newspaper or publication: Frederick Douglass' Paper (1851 - 18??)
The writer reviews the horrors of slavery in the past from its entry into this country, and the continued cruelties that accompany it in the present. He details slavery's horrible progress to the present day, but offers hope for the future where he sees its demise.
Description of file(s): three scanned, two columned, newspaper pages
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Title: Frederick Douglass' Paper - July 14, 1854
Speaker or author: Watkins, William J.
Newspaper or publication: Frederick Douglass' Paper (1851 - 18??)
The writer relates his recent speaking tour. He finds that public sentiment is now changing and the idea of continuing slavery is now repugnant to most intelligent people in the country. Although he views the current Presidential Administration as being "pro-slavery," he believes that it is the strength of public sentiment that will succeed in ending slavery.
Description of file(s): two scanned, two columned, newspaper pages
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Title: Impartial Citizen - April 11, 1849
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851)
The writer discusses the idea of prejudice based on skin color. He compares distinctions of caste made in other countries with the injustice in this country based on race. He notes that in some churches they are told "you'll be white in Heaven." But if being white on earth is comparable to being white in Heaven, he wants no part of it. He urges his readers to be true to themselves and live virtuous lives.
Description of file(s): two scanned newspaper pages (three columns)
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Title: Impartial Citizen - August 15, 1849
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851)
The writer comments on an issue of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Reporter newspaper he recently received.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Impartial Citizen - February 28, 1849
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851)
The writer responds to those who believe that John P. Hale is an aboitionist by publishing an excerpt from a recent speech he made on the subject of slavery.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Impartial Citizen - May 8, 1850
Speaker or author: Ward, Samuel Ringgold, b. 1817
Newspaper or publication: Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851)
The writer relates his experiences while travel across New York, New Jersey, and Rhode Island on a lecture tour. He emphasizes the work being done to abolish slavery, promote reform and ensure voting rights in the places he visits.
Description of file(s): three scanned newspaper pages (five columns)
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Title: Impartial Citizen - October 17, 1849
Speaker or author: Ward, Samuel Ringgold, b. 1817
Newspaper or publication: Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851)
The writer continues his journal reporting of his experiences while on a speaking tour.
Description of file(s): three scanned, two columned, newspaper pages
Speaker or author: Martin, J. Sella (John Sella), b. 1832
Newspaper or publication: Liberator
The speaker praised George Thompson for his accomplishments on behalf of African Americans. He compared the treatment of the slave in the northern states with the treatment of the slave in the southern states and concluded that African Americans were treated better in the south.
Description of file(s): PDF 3 page, 711 word document (text and images)
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Title: National Reformer - February, 1839
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: National Reformer (1838 - 1839)
The writer comments on the recent speeches of Henry Clay and Thomas Moore.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Pacific Appeal - April 11, 1863
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Pacific Appeal (1862 - 188?)
Although several state constitutions were changed to insert the word "white" in order to restrict African American citizenship rights, the Conscription Law now makes the use of this term obsolete when it comes to the militia.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Pacific Appeal - July 25, 1863
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Pacific Appeal (1862 - 188?)
The writer comments on an article published in the Evening Journal newspaper regarding Attorney General Edward Bates' opinion on citizenship.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Pacific Appeal (1862 - 188?)
The writer comments on recent actions by President Lincoln in response to General Hunter's proclamation that all slaves held in the area occupied by his troops are free.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Pacific Appeal - September 12, 1863
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Pacific Appeal (1862 - 188?)
The writer comments on the writings of J. L. Stone in his work to refute the claim that there is justification for slavery in the Bible.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Pacific Appeal - September 12, 1863
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Pacific Appeal (1862 - 188?)
The writer urges his readers to conduct themselves as "good citizens" now that the election is over and the state government seems inclined towards freedom and progress. He doesn't recommend at this point agitating for voting rights. He suggests proving the prejudicial pro-slavery factions wrong by demonstrating a strong moral character and a desire for social harmony.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Palladium of Liberty- May 15, 1844
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Palladium of Liberty (1843 - 1844)
The writer comments on letters received from presidential candidates who all opppose the annexation of Texas.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Provincial Freeman - April 4, 1857
Speaker or author: S[hadd], I[saac] D.
Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859)
The writer discusses the current political climate in the U.S. and its effect on immigration to Canada.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page