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Black Abolitionist Archive
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Subtitle: The Case of John Torrence. Title: Colored American - June 12, 1841 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842) Brief account of a ship's mate who is being held in Boston on a charge of kidnapping a free African American and holding him in irons on board a Boston ship. Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column |
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Subtitle: Fruits of Slavery. Title: Colored American - June 26, 1841 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842) Brief account of a slaveholder who accidently shot his wife while loading his gun to shoot his runaway slave. Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column |
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Subtitle: Representatives of the Free Colored Population in Congress. Title: Colored American - June 12, 1841 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842) Brief announcement that Congress will invite each Free State to send one representative of their African American population to represent the free people of color in Congressional decision-making. Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column |
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Subtitle: The Catholics of Kentucky, and Slavery. Title: Colored American - June 19, 1841 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842) Brief comment on an article in a Catholic newspaper predicting that slavery would surely end soon. Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column |
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Subtitle: Who is the Most Learned? Title: Colored American - June 1, 1839 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842) Brief note regarding the value of education. The writer tells his readers that a simple education is often more valuable than a formal, classical one. Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column |
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Subtitle: Right of Suffrage in Connecticut. Title: Colored American - June 12, 1841 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842) Brief update on recent work towards suffrage for African Americans in Connecticut. Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column |
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Subtitle: Editorial Responsibility. Title: Colored American - June 10, 1837 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842) Editorial statement of the intent, motivation, and goals of the newspaper to report in a truthful, moral, and responsible manner information geared towards African American readers. Description of file(s): one scanned, one columned, newspaper page |
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Subtitle: To Our People of This State. Title: Colored American - June 12, 1841 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842) Now that the convention in Albany is over, the writer asks what next. The convention demonstrated what can be accomplished when African Americans pull together for a cause. He suggests another convention may be needed to continue the work towards freedom. Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page |
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Subtitle: To Our Readers. Title: Colored American - June 12, 1841 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842) The editor appeals to his readers for financial help to continue publication of the newspaper. Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page |
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Subtitle: They Glory in their Shame. Title: Colored American - June 10, 1837 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842) The editor comments on a story published in the Times about an African American man who was refused a seat on a public bus. Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page |
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Subtitle: Like Society, Like Advocates. Title: Colored American - June 2, 1838 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842) The editor responds to a comment made about his move to the country from the city of New York that was delivered before a meeting of the anti-slavery society. He notes that some of the information given about his motivations is incorrect. Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page |
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Subtitle: Our Example, Brethren. Title: Colored American - June 2, 1838 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842) The editor tells about his new life in a rural area not far from New York. Description of file(s): one scanned, one columned, newspaper page |
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Subtitle: An Appeal. Title: Colored American - June 9, 1838 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842) The editorial appeals to new readers to become subscribers to the newspaper. The writer notes the importance of the newspaper and its benefit to the African American community. Description of file(s): two scanned, two columned, newspaper pages |
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Subtitle: Another State Convention. Title: Colored American - June 19, 1841 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842) The writer alerts his readers to another convention to be held to continue the work sparked by the previous one. Only by working together and by reinforcing this union can African Americans succeed in their quest for freedom. Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column |
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Subtitle: The Convention. Title: Colored American - June 6, 1840 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842) The writer announces the decisions regarding time and place for the upcoming anti-slavery convention. Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column |
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Subtitle: Amalgamation. Title: Colored American - June 23, 1838 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842) The writer assures white society that African American men have no desire for amalgamation. He suggests instead that the continued system of slavery insures amalgamation more than the freedom of choice in marriage partners among freed African Americans. Description of file(s): one scanned, one columned, newspaper page |
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Title: Colored American - June 22, 1839 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842) The writer comments on a letter published in another column and addressing the issue of civil rights. The letter contrasted the experience of the free African Americans in the south with the free African Americans in the north. Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column |
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Subtitle: News From Liberia. Missions and Murder. Title: Colored American - June 6, 1840 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842) The writer comments on a report published in another newspaper describing hostile events taking place in Libera, Africa. Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page |
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Subtitle: Col. R. M. Johnson Title: Colored American - June 29, 1839 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842) The writer comments on an article in the Emancipator newspaper regarding the recent visit of Vice President R. M. Johnson. The writer added his own experience with the Vice President during this visit. Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page |
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Subtitle: Western Christian Advocate. Title: Colored American - June 19, 1841 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842) The writer comments on an article published in the Western Christian Advocate newspaper explaining why the editor is not an abolitionist. Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page |