I enjoyed the history of the Albany Evening Journal, solely because of its transformation from a party newspaper to a proponent for the Civil War. Thurlow Weed started the production of the “Albany Evening Journal” in New York as a medium to promote the Anti-Masonic Party, the first single-issue “third” party in the United States, […]
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Tags: abolition, Albany Evening journal, jesusalvarez, Political Reporting, Slavery, Thurlow Weed
Tags: abolition, Albany Evening journal, jesusalvarez, Political Reporting, Slavery, Thurlow Weed
William Lloyd Garrison (1805-1879) was an American abolitionist, social reformer, and publisher of the pro-abolition newspaper: the Liberator. Garrison was unique for his time by demanding “immediate emancipation” of all slaves. Using the Liberator as his voice, Garrison spread his convictions all across the North (his newspaper was not sold in the south). In his […]
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Tags: abolition, daviddorsey, Slavery, the civil war, The Liberator, William Lloyd Garrison
Tags: abolition, daviddorsey, Slavery, the civil war, The Liberator, William Lloyd Garrison
Once denied the right to learn to read because he was told he “should know nothing but to obey his master, to do as he is told to do,” Frederick Douglass did well to become one of the greatest journalists in American history. Douglass was born a slave in Maryland and separated from his mother as […]
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Tags: abolition, Frederick Douglass, journalist, liberator, north star, o'mahony, Slavery, William Lloyd Garrison, womens rights
Tags: abolition, Frederick Douglass, journalist, liberator, north star, o'mahony, Slavery, William Lloyd Garrison, womens rights
Maria Stewart Leads the Way for Future American Women Journalists.
Posted by: britnipetersen | November 4, 2009 | No Comment |Before the 19th century, women were not given the privilege of having a career in journalism. Jobs in journalism were generally given to white males, or women who had special connections through their male family members or spouses. However, during the 19th century, Maria Stewart, an African American woman, paved her way into the field […]