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Title: Colored American - April 29, 1837
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer admonishes African Americans who indulge in immoral behavior such as drinking, smoking, and avoiding church on Sundays.
Description of file(s): one scanned, one columned, newspaper page
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Title: Colored American - August 19, 1837
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer relates a story of being refused a cup of tea at a temperance house. The proprietor of the house said that he didn't want to upset his customers and so he refused to serve the editor of this paper. The writer expresses his opinion of this refusal and included a letter from Thomas Van Rensselaer expressing a similar point of view.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
Speaker or author: Smith, N.
Newspaper or publication: Palladium of Liberty (1843 - 1844)
Temperance speech comparing the addiction to alcohol with slavery. Emphasis is place on the idea that slavery is just as much an enemy to human health as alcohol is. (Last page of speech is missing in original and therefore in this version.)
Description of file(s): PDF 5 page, 1,119 word document (text and images)