Black Abolitionist Archive

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Title: Impartial Citizen - January 2, 1850 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851) The writer alerts his readers to a new Temperance newspaper called the Ballot Box. He notes that the editors of this newspaper had had him expelled from the Sons of Temperance Order because he was an African American. Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery; United States--History--19th century Keywords: Ballot Box; New York; newspaper; temperance People: Cady, Capt; Lund, Mr. Organization: Sons of Temperance Publication type: editorials; Newspapers

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