African American Studies  Tags: primary_sources newspapers  

Complete text of the major African-American newspapers published in the United States during the 19th century.

African American Newspapers the 19th Century (Princeton only)

  Part I: Freedom's Journal, New York, 1827-Mar. 1829; Colored American, New York, 1837-Mar. 1840; The North Star, Rochester, NY, 1847-July 1849; National Era,  Washington, DC, 1847-Dec. 1848.

  Part II: Colored American, 1840-41; The North Star, July 1849-1851; Frederick Douglass Papers (continuation of The North Star), 1851-May 1852; National Era, 1847-Dec. 1850; Provincial Freeman, Toronto, ON, 1854-Dec. 18, 1855.

  Part III: Frederick Douglass Papers, May 1852-Dec. 1852; National Era, Dec. 1850-Dec. 1853; Provincial Freeman, Dec. 1855-57; The Christian Recorder, Toronto, ON, 1861-April 1862.

  Part IV: The Christian Recorder, May 1862-Dec. 1864; National Era, Jan. 1854-Dec. 1855; Frederick Douglass Papers, Jan. 1853-Dec. 1854.

  Part V: The Christian Recorder, Jan. 1865-June 1868; National Era, Jan. 1856-Dec. 1857; Frederick Douglass Papers, Jan. 1855-Dec. 1856.

  Part VI: National Era, Jan. 1858-Mar. 1860; The Christian Recorder, July 1868-Dec. 1870.

  Part VII: The Christian Recorder, Jan. 1872-Dec. 1876.

  Part VIII: The Christian Recorder, Jan. 1877-Dec. 1882. 

  Part IX: The Christian Recorder, Jan. 1883-Dec. 1887.

  Part X: The Christian Recorder, Jan. 1888-Dec. 1893 (excluding 1892)

  Part XI: The Christian Recorder, Jan. 1894-Dec. 1898 

  Part XII: The Christian Recorder, Jan. 1899-Dec. 1902 

Early American Newspapers (1690-1922) (Princeton only)

Liberator (1831-1865) (Princeton only)