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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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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 Suffrage Question. Title: Black Republican - April 15, 1865 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Black Republican (1865) The editor discusses the right of suffrage and a recent government petition regarding this signed by five thousand African Americans. Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column |
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Subtitle: The Duty of Colored Men in Louisiana. Title: Black Republican - April 15, 1865 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Black Republican (1865) The editor encourages his readers to not take freedom lightly but to work to justify the righteousness of it with a focus on education, honesty, industry, temperance, and religion. Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page |
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Subtitle: To the Black Republicans of America. Title: Black Republican - April 15, 1865 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Black Republican (1865) The editor sends an open note to his readers asking for their support by subscribing to the newspaper. Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column |
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Subtitle: The Editor's Address. The Black Republican. Title: Black Republican - April 15, 1865 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Black Republican (1865) The editor welcomes his readers to the first issue of the newspaper. He briefly explains the goals, benefits and mission of the paper. Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page |
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Subtitle: Andrew Johnson President of the United States. Title: Black Republican - April 22, 1865 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Black Republican (1865) The writer briefly discusses the support he assures his readers that Andrew Johnson will receive from African Americans who trust his leadership and commitment to freedom for all citizens. Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column |
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Subtitle: Colored Suffrage in Rhode Island. Edward Harris and Rowland G. Hazard. Title: Black Republican - April 22, 1865 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Black Republican (1865) The writer discusses two candidates who are running for Governor and Lieutenant Governor in Rhode Island, a state that offers African Americans the right to vote. Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page |
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Subtitle: The Siege of Mobile. Title: Black Republican - April 15, 1865 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Black Republican (1865) The writer relates the conditions in Mobile, Alabama after it was occupied by the Union army following a battle there. Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page |
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Subtitle: Our Old Colored Ministers. Title: Black Republican - April 15, 1865 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Black Republican (1865) The writer responds to a suggestion that the older ministers of the Church be replaced by younger men. Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column |
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Subtitle: Assassination of President Lincoln. Title: Black Republican - April 22, 1865 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Black Republican (1865) The writer responds to the death of Abraham Lincoln. He tells his readers that the same expression of social cruelty that subjected the country to slavery has taken the life of a great man. Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page |
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Subtitle: Rev. J. P. Campbell, Editor. Thursday, August 17, 1854. Notice to Subscribers. Title: Christian Recorder - August 17, 1854 Speaker or author: Campbell, Rev. J. P. Newspaper or publication: Christian Recorder (1852 - 1856) The editor asks those of his readers who have paid their subscriptions to please send him their names and addresses so that their newspapers can be delivered to them. Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column |
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Subtitle: State Legislation on the Temperance Question. Title: Christian Recorder - August 17, 1854 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Christian Recorder (1852 - 1856) The writer argues for the passage of temperance laws prohibiting the sale of intoxicating drink. Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page |
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Subtitle: Mass Meeting. Title: Christian Recorder - September 16, 1854 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Christian Recorder (1852 - 1856) The writer provides commentary on a meeting that was called to discuss how to restore public confidence in the Christian Recorder newspaper. Description of file(s): two scanned newspaper pages (three columns) |