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Black Abolitionist Archive
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Subtitle: Question for Debate. Title: Voice of the Fugitive - September 29, 1851 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852) The writer relates the outcome of a recent debate on slavery versus intemperance. Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column |
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Subtitle: Colored Settlement. Title: Voice of the Fugitive - January 29, 1851 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852) The writer reports on the current status of the Canadian settlement of Sandwich. Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column |
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Subtitle: More Help for Refugees. Title: Voice of the Fugitive - Feburary 26, 1851 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852) The writer reports recent donations of food, clothing, and money to the poor in his area. Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column |
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Subtitle: Prejudice Against Color in Canada. Title: Voice of the Fugitive - February 26, 1851 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852) The writer responds to a note sent to another newspaper by a Member of Parliament asking to discontinue his subscription on the grounds that this newspaper advocated the establishment of "colored settlements" in Canada. Description of file(s): two scanned newspaper pages (three columns) |
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Subtitle: A Pro-Slavery Writer in Canada. Title: Voice of the Fugitive - November 4, 1852 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852) The writer responds to a second letter to the editor published in another newspaper maligning the refugees from slavery living in Canada. By responding to this letter as he does, the writer displays the letter's ignorant author without attacking him. The letter writer's own words are his undoing. Description of file(s): two scanned, two columned, newspaper pages |
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Subtitle: Temperance Among the Fugitives. Title: Voice of the Fugitive - April 23, 1851 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852) The writer shares one man's experience of the positive influence of the Temperance Society in his area. Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column |
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - May 7, 1851 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852) The writer shares the question that will be debated at the next Temperance meeting in Sandwich. Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column |
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Subtitle: Homes for the Refugees in Canada. Title: Voice of the Fugitive - June 1, 1851 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852) The writer shares two resolutions regarding fugitive slaves living in Canada that were passed at a recent state convention held in Michigan. Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column |
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Subtitle: Where Do the Canada People Find a Market for their Produce. Title: Voice of the Fugitive - June 18, 1851 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852) The writer tells his readers that while Detroit receives most of what Canadian farmers produce, there is a large market for these goods in the local area. Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column |