The Seattle Republican (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
690 issues from 1900 to 1913, published in Seattle, Washington, digitised for Chronicling America.
The Seattle Republican was Seattle’s first truly successful African American newspaper. Out of seven black newspapers to appear in the city between 1891 and 1901, it alone survived into the early 20th century. First issued on May 19, 1894, and continuing until 1913, the weekly paper was initially called simply the Republican. A short-lived daily version (the Daily Republican) appeared in February-March 1896. The paper represented the political views of the Republican Party, but not without critical scrutiny by its publisher and editor Horace Cayton, Sr. The Seattle Republican aimed for both a national and a biracial audience, reporting on events well beyond the borders of Washington State. It covered national political news in some depth, and is a particularly rich source of information on conditions of African Americans all around the country, particularly in the South. But its primary focus was on local party politics and Seattle’s African American community. Born into slavery in 1859, the college-educated Cayton made the Republican a strong and respected voice in the rapidly growing city. Assisted by his wife Susie Revels (herself a published author), Cayton encouraged African Americans to migrate west where opportunity was not crushed by prejudice, or at least not openly denied. Employment was the big issue in the Pacific Northwest, not race relations. Cayton always credited white citizens who treated blacks fairly and did not hesitate to criticize African Americans who…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Seattle, Washington, 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