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The North Star was a nineteenth-century anti-slavery newspaper published from the Talman Building in Rochester, New York, by abolitionists Martin Delany and Frederick Douglass. [1] The paper commenced publication on December 3, 1847, and ceased as The North Star in June 1851, when it merged with Gerrit Smith's Liberty Party Paper (based in ...
Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, c. February 14, 1818 [a] – February 20, 1895) was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. He became the most important leader of the movement for African-American civil rights in the 19th century.
Brilliant and capable, Douglass became an active leader and founded The North Star newspaper. As editor of The North Star, Douglass examined many issues of the day including the text and history of the United States Constitution. Over time, Douglass had a well-publicized break with Garrisonian principles and announced [2] his change of opinion ...
Some notable black newspapers of the 19th century were Freedom's Journal (1827–1829), Philip Alexander Bell's Colored American (1837–1841), the North Star (1847–1860), the National Era, The Aliened American in Cleveland (1853–1855), Frederick Douglass' Paper (1851–1863), the Douglass Monthly (1859–1863), The People's Advocate ...
This is a list of African American newspapers and media outlets, which is sortable by publication name, city, state, founding date, and extant vs. defunct status. For more detail on a given newspaper, see the linked entries below.
In the same year, after a falling-out of sorts occurred between Douglass and The Liberator editor Garrison over the use of violence in the abolition cause and the concept of a strictly African-American-run newspaper, Delany with Douglass conceived of the newspaper developed as the North Star: to give voice to the stories of African Americans ...
Frederick Douglass' Paper: 1851 [47] 1860 [47] Weekly [47] LCCN sn84026366; OCLC 4732866, 10426474; Published by Frederick Douglass. Rochester: The North Star: 1847 [48] 1851 [48] Weekly [48] LCCN sn84026364; OCLC 10426469; Published by John Dick. Edited by Frederick Douglass. [48] Rochester: Star: Weekly [49] Circulation of 2,825 in 1951. [49 ...
Category: Works by Frederick Douglass. 1 language. ... The North Star (anti-slavery newspaper) This page was last edited on 1 October 2020, at 20:54 (UTC). ...