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Speaker or author: Cary, Mary Ann Shadd, 1823-1893
Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859)
The writer tells her readers that recently C. C. Foote of the Refugees Home Society has taken action to obtain property from two of the home's tenants.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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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 continues his story of one man's experience as a fugitive from slavery that was begun in another issue of the paper.
Description of file(s): two scanned, two columned, newspaper pages
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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 tells his readers that fugitive slaves are still arriving in Canada via the Underground Railroad. From their stories he has discovered that human beings are more motivated to work by positive reward than by the negative punishment of slavery.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - August 12, 1852
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The writer briefly relates the story of a female fugitive slave who escaped slavery by dressing as a man.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - December 17, 1851
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The editor provides a brief overview of all that the newspaper has helped to accomplish over its first year of publication. Now, donations to help the poor and payment of subscription fees are desperately needed to continue this effort.
Description of file(s): two scanned newspaper pages (three columns)
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - January 1, 1852
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The writer identifies with the life experience of Lajos Kossuth, a Turkish exile and political leader. He tells his readers that currently Kossuth is the "most popular man in the known world."
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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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 responds to an editorial published in another newspaper questioning the support that people of African descent living in Canada are giving to Colonel Prince in his bid for Canadian Parliament membership.
Description of file(s): two scanned, two columned, newspaper pages
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - June 3, 1852
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
Narrative story of one man's escape from slavery and his subsequent reunion with his wife.
Description of file(s): two scanned newspaper pages (three columns)
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - October 22, 1851
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The writer announces the arrival of another fugitive slave to the free soil of Canada.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - October 22, 1851
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The writer relates the story of a male fugitive slave who dressed as a woman in order to escape to freedom in Canada.
Description of file(s): two scanned, two columned, newspaper pages