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of Pittsburgh wrote a series of ten letters that were printed in the newspaper. The letters advocated elevation through the establishment of schools, newspapers, and churches by black Americans. He wrote the letters under a pen name, Augustine. After the death of abolitionist
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and local abolition societies by way of fund drives and donations. Occasionally the newspaper received cash infusions from prominent white allies. All of the donations, fund drives and supplements helped the paper to publish 38 articles and survive through 1841.
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The newspaper had widespread subscribers; it engaged agents in various cities for marketing and distribution. The paper also received help from African-American
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focused on the moral, social, and political elevation of free colored people and the peaceful emancipation of slaves. The Reverend
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This article is about the 1837–1842 New York City newspaper. For the 1893–1904 Washington, D.C. newspaper, see
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Floyd Miller, "The Father of Black Nationalism," Civil War History, vol 17, no. 4, Dec. 1971
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was a weekly newspaper of four to six pages. It circulated in free black communities in the
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January 7, 1837 – Samuel Cornish, Phillip A. Bell, and Charles Bennett Ray launched
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A President in the Family, Thomas Jefferson, Sally Hemings and Thomas Woodson
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December 25, 1841 – The last edition of the paper was published.
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Selected articles from 1837 to 1838 are shown at the
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The Colored American (Washington, D.C.)
The Colored American Magazine

Tabloid
Samuel Cornish
Charles Bennett Ray
Charles Bennett Ray
New York City
OCLC
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African American
New York City
Samuel Cornish
Phillip Alexander Bell
Charles Bennett Ray
James McCune Smith

Northeastern United States
Lewis Woodson
David Walker
William Whipper
churches
James G. Birney
The Rights of All
Freedom's Journal




The Afro-American Press and its Editors

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