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The north star
History Commons: African American Newspapers - the 19th Century Available from 1847 until 1851. Available online
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- Journal/Periodical
- Series:
- African American Newspapers
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Newspapers.
- African Americans.
- New York (N.Y.)--Newspapers.
- New York (N.Y.).
- Physical Description:
- 1847-1851
- Place of Publication:
- New York : [publisher not identified], 1847-1851.
- Notes:
- Frederick Douglass (c. 1818-1895) was born into slavery at Tuckahoe, Maryland, escaped in 1838, and safely reached New Bedford, Mass. There he worked three years as a daily laborer on the wharves and in 1841 became a lecturer on slavery. In 1845, afraid of again being placed in bondage, he fled to England. There, friends furnished Douglass with enough money to purchase his freedom and to establish himself in the publishing business. In 1847, with Douglass and M.R. Delaney as editors, The North Star was "...permanently established, under the complete control and direction of the immediate victims of slavery and oppression..."
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