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First published on December 3, 1847, using funds Douglass earned during a speaking tour in Great Britain and Ireland, The North Star soon developed into one of the most influential African American antislavery publications of the pre-Civil War era.
- The North Star, Vol. I No. 37 | National Museum of African American ...
The September 8, 1848 issue of the North Star, an...
- The North Star, Vol. I No. 37 | National Museum of African American ...
North Star. Creator . Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 . Date . December 3, 1847 ... Frederick Douglass Papers Project. CA 344 Cavanaugh Hall Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) 425 University Blvd Indianapolis, IN 46202; 317-274-5860; fdpinfo@iupui.edu;
The North Star Subject Headings - Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
THE object of the NORTH STAR will be to attack SLAVERY in all its forms and aspects; advocate UNIVERSAL EMANCIPATION; exalt the standard of PUBLIC MORALITY; promote the moral and intellectual improvement of the COLORED PEOPLE; and hasten the day of FREEDOM to the THREE MILLIONS of our ENSLAVED FELLOW COUNTRYMEN. PUBLISHER'S NOTICES.
A nineteenth-century anti-slavery newspaper published in Rochester, New York, by the abolitionists Frederick Douglass and Martin Delany.
The September 8, 1848 issue of the North Star, an antislavery newspaper published in Rochester, New York by Frederick Douglass. The paper is printed with black text on yellowed newsprint. The masthead reads [THE NORTH STAR.
Douglass founded and edited his first antislavery newspaper, The North Star, beginning December 3, 1847. The title referred to the bright star, Polaris, that helped guide those escaping slavery to the North.
