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Five Ifs from The Colored American, May 1838
IF – “God had made all mankind of ONE BLOOD,” then the blood of the slave is as good as that of his master, for all are brethren by “blood;” and the black man has as good a right to enslave the white,...
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Charles Sprague on The Intemperate Husband
From Mr. Charles Sprague’s Address, delivered before the Massachusetts Society for Suppressing Intemperance. The common calamities of life may be endured. Poverty, sickness, and even death may be met...
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The Double-Keyed Full Text Difference
Data in the Accessible Archives databases is double-keyed by a team of highly skilled professionals familiar with the character and publishing idiosyncrasies of historical documents. Double-keying...
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A Text Book of the Origin and History of the Colored People
This work, which we announced some time since as forth coming, is now from the press, making a volume of about 100 pages, 16 mo. We have given the work but a hasty perusal, though an entire one, yet...
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The Blessing of Books
Many, who have not the advantage of wealth or high standing in society, are apt to repine at their situation; to regret that they are debarred from much refined and intellectual intercourse. But this...
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A Victim and his Child in The Colored American
We occasionally find a capital police report in the St. Louis Bulletin. On a recent occasion a bloated being, named Johnson, by profession an actor, was found drunk in the streets by a good hearted...
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Summary of the 1840 Census in the Colored American
We have received from Washington an epitome of the census of the United States. For want of room, the insertion of the tables must be deferred – for the present we insert the following summary....
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Tips on Building a Household Library (1838)
In order to obtain a good library, which every family ought to have, the following directions may be observed with advantage: Select a room, or at least a corner of some room, where the Bible and...
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The Barbaric Laws of Ohio in 1837
The ILLEGAL enactments of Ohio, are extremely oppressive to her colored population. – These LAWS were made by our Western Fathers, in the reign of wolves and bears.* They are vestiges of backwoods...
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The Church in Fault; The Sin of Slavery (1838)
The great sin of slavery and caste as they exist in this country, do more to neutralize the means of grace, and block up the way of salvation, than all other things combined. Slavery is THE SIN of the...
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What has the North to do with Slavery? (1838)
This an abridged version of an article titled “What has the North to do with Slavery?” that appeared in The Colored American in February, 1838. The Colored American, with Samuel E. Cornish as editor....
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The Present – An Age of Hope (1837)
Hope is made up of two ingredients, desire and expectation. Hope for a special object, is a desire for that object, in full expectation of obtaining it, accompanied with prominent reasons why. Desire...
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The Domestic Slave Trade (1837)
On January 7, 1837 Phillip A. Bell began to publish a weekly newspaper called Weekly Advocate. From the beginning, one of the major goals of this newspaper was to educate its subscribers, and much...
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The Education of Youth (1837)
(The Colored American for November 11, 1937) The time has come in which Education should occupy a larger place in the minds of colored Americans, than it has heretofore done. Our views have been too...
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General Jesup: Treachery – Vile and Unblushing (1838)
(The Colored American/February 3, 1838) The conduct of General Jesup (see note) in decoying the Indians within his power by means of “the flag of truce,” and then sending them to a dungeon, is in the...
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Dastardly Outrage in the Dayton Race Riots (1841)
(The Colored American/February 27, 1941) Riots have got to be so common in our country, that we have become almost callous at the most daring acts of violence and disorder. We have in our two...
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