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Title: Colored American - October 21, 1837
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer encourages his readers to attend a fair that is being presented in an effort to raise funds for a local church.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Elevator - June 2, 1865
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Elevator (1865 - 18??)
The writer notes that these two homes, suggested as donations from African Americans to the widows of John Brown and Abraham Lincoln, are now presenting political issues for politicians who want to claim credit for the idea.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Elevator - May 12, 1865
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Elevator (1865 - 18??)
The writer comments on a copy of the Pennsylvania Freedmen's Journal he recently received. He also alerts his readers to a fundraiser being organized to help newly freed slaves.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Pacific Appeal - June 6, 1863
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Pacific Appeal (1863 - 188?)
After a lecture on the war hosted by the Pacific Appeal, the newspaper received a great deal of encourgement and support. The editor is encouraged by the voluntary financial contributions and subscriptions that followed.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Pacific Appeal (1862 - 188?)
The editor thanks his subscribers for their continued support of the newspaper. Thanks to early subscriptions and special contributions, the newspaper is able to continue publication.
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 editor thanks those who have contributed clothing to the poor in his area. He tells his readers, however, that there is no longer a need for donations of clothing but that they could use medical aid at this point instead.
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 asks his readers for their financial support in order to keep the newspaper in publication. He stresses the value and importance of the Voice of the Fugitive to all people of African descent.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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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 that the Refugees' Home Society has just purchased Canadian land that will be made available to the homeless. Details of how this land will be distributed will follow in a later issue, or the readers may contact the representatives listed.
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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 suggests that anyone who wishes to help the fugitive slaves living in Canada should make donations to the Refugees' Home Society or to the newspaper. He stresses that what the refugees need most now are homes, education and employment.
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - September 24, 1851
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The writer responds to critics who charge that agents collecting money for fugitive slaves are only providing for those who belong to the "regular Baptist Church."
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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - November 24, 1860
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
The writer tells his readers that a minister is in town from Maryland attempting to raise money to purchase his family from slavery.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column