Subtitle: Local Matters.
Title: Provincial Freeman - February 21, 1857
Speaker or author: Cary, Mary Ann Shadd, 1823-1893
Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859)
The writer gives a brief overview of local news. She notes the similarities between the white and black members of the population as evidenced in the general squabbling of newspaper printers, a local political group, and local "electors."
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
Subtitle: Swimming to Save Life.
Title: Voice of the Fugitive - April 23, 1851
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The writer shares his story of falling into the water while trying to board a steamboat.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column