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Title: Provincial Freeman - April 4, 1857
Speaker or author: Cary, Mary Ann Shadd, 1823-1893
Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859)
The writer responds to those who believe that the refugees from slavery who are arriving in her area are needing of aid and in a dire state. The assumption that those of African descent living in Canada are needy and barely surviving is insulting.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Provincial Freeman - December 27, 1856
Speaker or author: Cary, Mary Ann Shadd, 1823-1893
Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859)
The writer warns readers about the spread of those who collect money illegally under the guise of helping the poor.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Provincial Freeman - June 23, 1855
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859)
The writer briefly comments on the attempts of Mrs. Bibb to retrieve land in the possession of The Refugees' Home Society that she says belonged to her late husband.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
Speaker or author: Ward, Samuel Ringgold, b. 1817
Newspaper or publication: NonConformist
Brief speech regarding the fate of fugitive slaves who had escaped into Canada. The speaker noted that these fugitives were beyond the help of abolitionists living in the U.S. He asked that the British government get involved with the abolitionists' efforts since black British seamen were being seized and sold into slavery under new U.S. laws.
Description of file(s): PDF 1 page, 199 word document (text and image)
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - April 22, 1852
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The writer responds to a question regarding the price of land in Canada.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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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 responds to an article in another newspaper saying that fugitive slaves are living in decaying war barracks in Canada. The article describes much poverty and suffering there.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - August 26, 1852
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The writer compares the growth and improvements he sees in Detroit to the relatively slow economic development in Windsor. He questions why Windsor is not further along in its development.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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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 reports on a recent meeting hosted by Mary Ann Shadd in which she maligns the local press. She tells her audience that she will start a quality newspaper to replace what is currently available to people of African descent in Canada. The writer took particular offense at her comments.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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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 - 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 writer discusses the need for schools to educate children of African descent. He mentions a few schools available in the area.
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 a brief overview of the current status of the settlements around Sandwich in Canada.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - July 1, 1852
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The writer comments on the health and vigor of fugitive slaves recently crossing into Canada.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - July 1, 1852
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The writer discusses the newly formed League that will aid free people of African descent in agricultural, economic, and manufacturing pursuits.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - June 29, 1852
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The writer discusses this upcoming 17th anniversary of the emancipation of the British West Indies. He stresses the importance of this one act of human reason against the evil of slavery.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - March 12, 1851
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The writer acknowledges recent gifts of food and clothing sent to help the poor and fugitive slaves living in the local area.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - May 21, 1851
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The writer tells his readers that a former slave who once made money for his master by making cigars, now uses this skill to make money for himself.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - November 18, 1852
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The writer calls his readers attentions to an article appearing in another page of the newspaper which is particularly representative of anti-slavery sentiments in Canada.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - November 19, 1851
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The writer announces an upcoming visit of Canadian towns by Samuel Ringgold Ward.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - November 4, 1852
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The writer provides a brief overview of the economic and social conditions in the city of Windsor.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - November 4, 1852
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The writer responds to a second letter to the editor published in another newspaper maligning the refugees from slavery living in Canada. By responding to this letter as he does, the writer displays the letter's ignorant author without attacking him. The letter writer's own words are his undoing.
Description of file(s): two scanned, two columned, newspaper pages
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - October 21, 1852
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The writer tells his readers that Windsor's economy is booming.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - October 21, 1852
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The writer praises the work of the Refugees' Home Society in Canada. He also mentions the lack of progress those opposed to this society are making in trying to stop it.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - September 23, 1852
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The writer comments on the recent debate in the city of Windsor on the proposed railroad line construction along the banks of the Detroit River.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - April 5, 1862
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
The writer shares stories from some African Americans who have immigrated to Hayti only to find life there difficult, unhealthy, and dangerous.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page