The Weekly Anglo-African (New York [N.Y.])
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
52 issues from 1859 to 1860, published in New York, New York, digitised for Chronicling America.
The Weekly Anglo-African began on July 23, 1859, and published every Saturday. African American abolitionist brothers Thomas and Robert Hamilton owned both that newspaper and the Anglo-African Magazine. Robert primarily ran the magazine, while Thomas focused on the paper. In his younger years, Thomas worked in Printing House Square in downtown Manhattan, where he gained experience in the newspaper industry. Later, he started working as a carrier for New York's Colored American, and in the 1840s, he began his first newspaper, the People's Press.
In its first issue, the Weekly Anglo-African wrote, "We hope to supply a demand too long felt in this community … We need a Press—a press of our own." The newspaper covered local, national, and international news. It was unique in that it served as a platform for debate rather than simply reflecting the views of the publisher. The first issue noted, "We shall, through its columns, strive to set forth our cause in a true and clear light, by a thorough and impartial review of our condition, past and present." In time, Thomas Hamilton became a supporter of the Republican Party, although he remained critical of northern discrimination. He corresponded with politicians, influential civil leaders, and potential donors in order to provide consistent, reliable reporting. The paper condemned the pacifism in abolitionist newspapers like William Lloyd Garrison's Liberator. Hamilton's editorials further explored the ramifications of slavery and…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- New York, New York, United States
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Chronicling America
- Licence or status
- None stated by the archive
- Rights
- The Library of Congress believes that the newspapers in Chronicling America are in the public domain or have no known copyright restrictions. Newspapers published in the United States more than 95 years ago are in the public domain in their entirety.
- Credit
- Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities
- Who can read it
- Teens profiles and older (placed by Invisible Network from what the archive says; archives give no ratings)
- Archive
- Library of Congress