(page1).jpg.jpg "View item details")
Title: Colored American - April 29, 1837
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The editor praises the New York American newspaper for adding at the end of a report regarding an attempted rescue of a fugitive slave, that not all African Americans condone breaking the law in this manner.
Description of file(s): one scanned, one columned, newspaper page
(page1).jpg.jpg "View item details")
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Pacific Appeal (1862 - 188?)
The writer shares with his readers a petition submitted to the local government in Philadelphia asking that the ban on African American passengers on public transportation be lifted.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
(page1).jpg.jpg "View item details")
Title: Pacific Appeal - May 9, 1863
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Pacific Appeal (1862 - 188?)
The writer comments on the rampant discrimination that is taking place with public transportation. He emphasizes that African American women are often the helpless targets of this as they attempt to ride the public trains.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column