University Archives

Title: Colored American - February 17, 1838

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)

The writer urges his readers to purchase land and take up farming. He emphasizes the benefits of this type of investment in their well being and to their posterity.

Description of file(s): one scanned, one columned, newspaper page

Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery; United States--History--19th century

Keywords: farming; land; property

Publication type: editorials; Newspapers

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