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Title: Impartial Citizen - October 17, 1849
Speaker or author: Ward, Samuel Ringgold, b. 1817
Newspaper or publication: Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851)
The writer continues his journal reporting of his experiences while on a speaking tour.
Description of file(s): three scanned, two columned, newspaper pages
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Title: Impartial Citizen - October 24, 1849
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851)
The writer comments on Judge Jay's review of the U. S. government's dealings with Mexico.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - June 16, 1860
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
The writer provides a history of an institution established to care for aged and destitute African Americans. Because the jobs available to African Americans are menial and low-paying, there is an increase in the number of these people who are finding themselves destitute in their old age and needing to rely on charities to survive. This institution has expanded recently and invested in new land within the city to help care for this growing population of elderly and destitute people.
Description of file(s): two scanned, two columned, newspaper pages
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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - October 7, 1859
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
The writer comments on the response of the Episcopal Church to John Jay's petition for them to add their influence as a body in stopping the illegal African slave trade.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page