Volume I
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| Volume#: I |
Issue #: XII |
| Date: Friday, March 17(1848 written in ink at later date); date also given on page 2. |
| Height: 24-3/4" |
Width: 18-1/4" |
| Condition: Poor. Approximately one-fifth of first page is missing. Laminated. |
| Notes: Frederick Douglass. Two pages separately laminated. We believe the second page is the second page of this issue as it quotes from a letter of March 1, 1848. |
| Microfilm: Yes |
Lead Stories:
• From the Sixteenth Annual Report of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, Wilmot Proviso.
• From Parker's Letter on Slavery, Effects of Slavery on Education |
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Volume III
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| Volume#: III |
Issue#:9 |
Whole No. 113 |
| Height: 24-7/8" |
Width 18-3/8" |
| Condition: Excellent. Treated by Suzanne Martin Gramly, Conservator of Paper, The Strong Museum, Rochester, NY, October 29, 1996. |
| Notes: Elaborate masthead featuring etching of an escaped slave with a knapsack following the north star. "Right is of no sex — truth is of no color — God is the father of us all — and all men are brethren." John Dick, printer. Published every Friday. |
| Microfilm: Yes |
Lead Stories:
• Argument of Charles Sumner, Esq. against the constitutionality of Separate Colored Schools.
• From the Eighteenth Annual Report of the Mass. Anti-Slavery Society, Our Aim.
• Thirty-First Congress.
• Mason's Fugitive Slave Bill. |
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Volume IV
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| Volume#: IV |
Issue#: 5 |
Whole No. 161 |
| Date: January 23, 1851 |
| Height: 25" |
Width: 18-1/4" |
| Condition: Poor. A lot of tearing along the edges, foxing, and discoloration. |
| Subscriber's Name: Stephen Reeves |
| Notes: Published every Thursday. |
| Microfilm: Yes |
Lead Stories:
• "An Address." |
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| Volume#: IV |
Issue#: 6 |
Whole No. 162 |
| Date: January 30, 1851 |
| Height: 25" |
Width: 18-1/4" |
| Condition: Fair. Hole in the middle, tearing along edges. |
| Subscriber's Name: S. Reeves |
| Notes: William B. Clough, Printer. |
| Microfilm: No |
Lead Stories:
• American Slavery
• Immediate Abolition of Slavery
• Letter from Robert Purvis |
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| Volume#: IV |
Issue#: 8 |
Whole No. 164 |
| Date: February 13, 1851 |
| Height: 25" |
Width: 18-1/4" |
| Condition: Poor. Big hole in the middle, foxing. |
| Notes: Published every Thursday. |
| Microfilm: No |
Lead Stories:
• Liberator Soiree in Cochituate Hall |
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| Volume#: IV |
Issue#: 17 |
Whole No. 173 |
| Date: April 17, 1851 |
| Height: 25" |
Weight: 18-1/4" |
| Condition: Poor. Big hole in the middle. |
| Subscriber's Name: S. Reeves |
| Notes: Published every Thursday. |
| Microfilm: Yes |
Lead Stories:
• Speech of Geo. Thompson In Toronto
• Sorrows of Sewing Women |
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| Volume#: IV |
Issue#: 20 |
Whole No. 176 |
| Date: May 8, 1851 |
| Height 25" |
Width: 18-1/4" |
| Condition: Fair. Foxing, and tearing along right edge. |
| Subscriber's Name: S. Reeves |
| Notes: William B. Clough, Printer. |
| Microfilm: No |
Lead Stories:
• The Canal Bill
• Affairs in Haiti
• Lynch Law in California
• Never Despair
• Lady Franklin's Expedition to the Arctic Regions
• Col. Benton and the Majority Principle |
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| Volume#: IV |
Issue#: 21 |
Whole No. 177 |
| Date: May 15, 1851 |
| Condition: Treated by Suzanne Martin Gramly, Conservator of Paper, Strong Museum, Rochester, NY, 10/29/96. |
| Microfilm: No |