Subtitle: Keep Cool.
Title: Colored American - November 2, 1839
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer comments on the way the trial of the Amistad prisoners is being reported by the press. He urges a fair and non-biased reporting of events.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery; United States--History--19th century
Keywords: Amistad; crime; New York Gazette; New York Star; New York Sun; newspaper; politics; press; prisoners; Signal; Spain; Tattler; trial
Publication type: editorials; Newspapers