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Black Abolitionist Archive
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Subtitle: "The Fatal Step Backward." Title: Weekly Anglo-African - September 21, 1861 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862) The Daily Times newspaper has published a letter from the president ordering General Fremont to modify his proclamation relating to the emancipation of slaves. The writer stresses that now is the time to petition Congress and apply pressure for the "Immediate Emancipation" of all slaves. Description of file(s): two scanned newspaper pages (three columns) |
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Subtitle: Gerrit Smith's Letter. Title: Weekly Anglo-African - April 26, 1862 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862) The writer comments on a letter Gerrit Smith sent to the Postmaster General regarding the Civil War, military activities, race relations, and the end of slavery. Description of file(s): two scanned newspaper pages (three columns) |
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Subtitle: "What shall be done with the Slaves?" Title: Weekly Anglo-African - November 23, 1861 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862) The writer considers two suggestions for dealing with the slaves once they are free men and women. Description of file(s): three scanned newspaper pages (five columns) |
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Subtitle: Frederick Douglass at Home. Title: Weekly Anglo-African - June 16, 1860 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862) The writer discusses the return of Frederick Douglass as chief editor of his newspaper publication. Description of file(s): two scanned newspaper pages (three columns) |
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Subtitle: New Books. Title: Weekly Anglo-African - January 19, 1861 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862) The writer offers a brief review of a new book published by African explorer Robert Campbell. He comments on Campbell's findings that slavery is prevalent in Africa, and on other interesting information about the country. He tells his readers that if it had not been for the existence of slavery in Africa, there would be no slavery in the U.S.; that slavery existed there thousands of years before the discovery of America. Description of file(s): one scanned, three columned, newspaper page |
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Subtitle: The Elective Franchise. Title: Weekly Anglo-African - March 31, 1860 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862) The writer provides an overview of the current political climate regarding African American suffrage. He encourages his readers to form "Franchise Clubs" to help African Americans organize for equal rights, education, and access to political publications. Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page |
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Subtitle: The Anderson Extradition Case. Title: Weekly Anglo-African - March 2, 1861 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862) The writer relates the story of a fugitive, arrested for murder in Canada, who was freed by a Canadian court on a technicality in the reading of the Ashburton Treaty. Description of file(s): one scanned, three columned, newspaper page |