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African American Newspapers: The 19th Century contains the complete text of major 19th century African-American newspapers published in the United States. An ongoing project, new text is added to the database each month.

Newspapers included are:

• Freedom's Journal (New York, NY) 1827-1829.
• Colored American (Weekly Advocate) (New York, NY) 1837-1841.
• North Star (Rochester, New York) 1847-1851.
• National Era (Washington, D. C.) 1847-1860.
• Provincial Freeman (Chatham, Canada West) 1854-1857.
• Frederick Douglass Paper (Rochester, N. Y.) 1851-1859 (complete through 1856).
• Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1861-1902 (complete through April 1870).