Title: Colored American - July 22, 1837
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer calls for the repeal of laws restricting African Americans. He emphasizes that people from other countries can settle in the U.S. and be awarded full citizenship rights that are still denied to African Americans. This situation must change, and he calls upon his readers to take action now to help make this change possible.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
Title: Impartial Citizen - September 26, 1849
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851)
The writer asserts that the basis for governmental taxation should be on a man's ability to pay and not the amount of property he owns.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
Title: Palladium of Liberty - June 12, 1844
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Palladium of Liberty (1843 - 1844)
The writer comments on a state law that provides for the education of white children only.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
Title: Palladium of Liberty - May 29, 1844
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Palladium of Liberty (1843 - 1844)
The writer comments on the educational promises of Congressman Henry A. Wise of Virginia.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
Speaker or author: Ward, Samuel Ringgold, b. 1817
Newspaper or publication: National Anti-Slavery Standard
Speech delivered during the Cazenovia Anti-Slavery Convention addressing issues of government legislation that encourages discrimination in schools and churches.
Description of file(s): PDF 3 page, 625 word document (text and images)
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
Title: Voice of the Fugitive - October 21, 1852
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The writer asks rhetorically who will put taxpayer money to use keeping the roads in good repair. (This is likely concerning Windsor's need for street repair.)
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
Title: Weekly Anglo-African - April 7, 1860
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
The writer responds to an article published in another newspaper citing the variances in the number and gender of African American tax payers and slave holders in New York and South Carolina.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column