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Black Abolitionist Archive
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Subtitle: Our Present Number. Title: Aliened American - April 9, 1853 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Alienced American (1853 - 1877) The editor offers an apology for the delay in getting the paper going. He explains that this brief editorial is not representative of what the newspaper will become once it gets into full publication. Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column |
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Subtitle: To the Press. Title: Aliened American - April 9, 1853 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Aliened American (1853 - 1877) Brief word of thanks offered to local newspapers for their welcome and complimentary announcements regarding the publication of this new newspaper. Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column |
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Subtitle: The Aliened American. Title: Aliened American - April 9, 1853 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Aliened American (1853 - 1877) The editor announces with this the first issue of the Aliened American newspaper its mission statement; community goals; and the names of contributing writers and supporters. Description of file(s): three scanned newspaper pages (five columns) |
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Subtitle: American Colonization Society. Title: Aliened American - April 9, 1853 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Aliened American (1853 - 1877) The writer points out a discrepancy in the number of immigrants reportedly colonized in Liberia and the amount of money the American Colonization Society say they have invested in each person participating in this project. Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page |
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Subtitle: President Pierce's Inaugural. Title: Aliened American - April 9, 1853 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Aliened American (1853 - 1877) The writer provides commentary on the inaugural speech of President Franklin Pierce. In his address, Pierce offered his thoughts on issues ranging from economic growth, westward expansion, and the continuation of slavery in the Southern states. He carefully refers to slavery as "involuntary servitude," and tells his audience that this is constitutional in the states that allow it. Description of file(s): four scanned newspaper pages (seven columns) |
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Subtitle: Thanks to God for Victory. Title: Anglo-African - December 23, 1865 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Anglo-African (1863 - 1865) The writer celebrates the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that abolishes slavery forever in the U.S. and provides for the protection of freedom for all citizens. Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page |
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Subtitle: The Thirty-Ninth Congress. Title: Anglo-African - December 23, 1865 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Anglo-African (1863 - 1865) The writer comments on the proceedings of the first session of the Thirty-Ninth Congress. Debate about laws and civil rights for the newly freed slaves after Reconstruction made this session an important one. Description of file(s): two scanned newspaper pages (three columns) |
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Subtitle: New York, December 9, 1865. The Situation. Title: Anglo-African - December 9, 1865 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Anglo-African (1863 - 1865) The writer reported on conventions held in several states. He gave a brief overview of each. Description of file(s): two scanned, two columned, newspaper pages |
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Subtitle: The Nat Turner Insurrection. Title: Anglo-African Magazine - December, 1859 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Anglo-African Magazine (1859 - 1860) Detailed confession of Nat Turner as he was being held in prison shortly after capture. The editor compares Nat Turner's actions with those of John Brown's. Included is a list of African Americans (both slaves and free) who were charged in the conspiracy. Description of file(s): seven scanned magazine pages (23 columns) |
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Subtitle: The Anglo-African Magazine for 1860 Title: Anglo-African Magazine - December, 1859 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Anglo-African Magazine (1859 - 1860) The editor thanks his readers for their support in 1859 and calls upon them to renew their subscriptions early for 1860. He tells them the next addition will include "a sketch" of the life of Ira Aldridge. Description of file(s): one scanned magazine column |
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Title: Hezekiah Ford Douglass Speaker or author: Douglass, H. Ford Newspaper or publication: Anti-Slavery Bugle Expressive and dramatic speech regarding the continuation of American slavery long after the British had emancipated the West Indies. The speaker emphasized the historical movements of humanity towards freedom and liberty that he believed would always triumph. Description of file(s): PDF 12 page, 2,857 word document (text and images) |
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Title: H. Ford Douglass Speaker or author: Douglass, H. Ford Newspaper or publication: Anti-Slavery Bugle In this election year, the speaker encouraged continued vigilance in the fight for abolition of slavery. The speaker stressed where each party and each presidential candidate stood on the issue of slavery. Description of file(s): PDF 12 page, 3,422 word document (text and images) |
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Title: H. Ford Douglass Speaker or author: Douglass, H. Ford Newspaper or publication: Anti-Slavery Bugle The speaker offered his thoughts on prejudice, saying, "When we are free, men will find it to be a fact that there is no prejudice against color. It is the condition, not the color. My color serves as a badge, indicating that I belong to a race which in this land has been doomed to degredation. And just so long as we consent to occupy a subordinate condition, and submit without murmuring to our degradation, there is no prejudice against us. So long as the black man is willing to be a slave in this country, all is well enough, but whenever he attempts to take the position of a freeman, it is then the white man seems to hate him." The speaker stressed that prejudice is about slavery, not about skin color. Description of file(s): PDF 10 page, 2,626 word document (text and images) |
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Subtitle: The Editor's Difficulties. Title: Colored American - December 16, 1837 Speaker or author: Cornish, Samuel E. Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842) The editor asks his readers to help compensate him for his work at the newspaper. He asks that each subscriber send at least $5 each to help supplement his salary. He explains that as it is now, his salary is nowhere near what other editors are paid. Description of file(s): one scanned, one columned, newspaper page |
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Title: William L. Douglass Speaker or author: Douglass, William L. Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842) Speech given on the anniversary of the abolition of slavery in the British West Indies in August, 1833, with emphasis placed on how the U.S. should follow Britain in abolishing slavery. Description of file(s): PDF 8 page, 2,295 word document (text and images) |
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Subtitle: The Canadas. Title: Colored American - December 30, 1837 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842) As Canada experiences revolution, the editor asks for a neutral stance and non-involvement by the U.S. in their difficulties. Description of file(s): one scanned, one columned, newspaper page |
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Subtitle: President's Message. Title: Colored American - December 15, 1838 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842) Brief comment on a recent presidential speech. The writer suggests that by the his silence on the subject of abolition, Martin Van Buren has offered a boost to the American Colonization Society's cause. Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column |
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Subtitle: Religion. Title: Colored American - December 16, 1837 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842) The editor offers the newspaper's stance on the question of the abolition of slavery. He believes that in this matter God will make the choice ("Thy Will be done"), and the newspaper will not offer a firm stance against slavery. At the same time, he trusts that God is against this system of human bondage. Description of file(s): one scanned, one columned, newspaper page |
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Subtitle: Our Paper -- Arrangements for the Future. Title: Colored American - December 4, 1841 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842) The editor provides an update on the current financial situation of the Colored American. The newspaper may not be in print much longer. He again asks for financial assistance from his readers. Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page |
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Subtitle: Extract - Important. Title: Colored American - December 16, 1837 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842) The editor responds to a letter expressing fear that the African American people of Pennsylvania will be disenfranchised and banished from the state due to recent changes in the state's constitution. Description of file(s): one scanned, one columned, newspaper page |