Frederick Douglass’s North Star newspaper

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19th-century newspaper African American newspaper abolitionist newspaper

Frederick Douglass’s North Star newspaper was a prominent 19th-century abolitionist publication that advocated for the end of slavery and the advancement of civil rights for African Americans.

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The North Star 0
Frederick Douglass' Paper 1
Frederick Douglass’ Newspaper operations 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century newspaper ⓘ
African American newspaper ⓘ
abolitionist newspaper ⓘ
advocatedFor Black self-reliance ⓘ
immediate emancipation of enslaved people ⓘ
political rights for African Americans ⓘ
social equality for African Americans ⓘ
women’s rights ⓘ
cityOfPublication Rochester ⓘ
surface form: Rochester, New York
coFounder Martin Delany ⓘ
countryOfPublication United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
coveredTopic abolitionist politics ⓘ
anti-slavery lectures and meetings ⓘ
civil rights for free Black communities ⓘ
fugitive slave cases ⓘ
women’s rights and suffrage ⓘ
distributionArea Northern United States ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
editor Frederick Douglass ⓘ
founder Frederick Douglass ⓘ
frequency weekly ⓘ
historicalSignificance one of the most influential Black-edited newspapers of the antebellum era ⓘ
served as a major platform for Frederick Douglass’s anti-slavery thought ⓘ
inception December 3, 1847 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
medium print ⓘ
mergedInto Frederick Douglass’ Paper in 1851 ⓘ
motto Right is of no sex—Truth is of no color—God is the Father of us all, and we are all brethren ⓘ
namedAfter the North Star used by escaping enslaved people as a guide to freedom ⓘ
notableContributor Frederick Douglass ⓘ
Gerrit Smith ⓘ
Martin Delany ⓘ
William Lloyd Garrison ⓘ
opposed colonization schemes to send Black Americans to Africa ⓘ
racial discrimination ⓘ
slavery in the United States ⓘ
politicalAlignment abolitionist movement ⓘ
anti-slavery ⓘ
civil rights advocacy ⓘ
primaryGoal abolition of slavery in the United States ⓘ
advancement of civil rights for African Americans ⓘ
publicationEndYear 1851 ⓘ
publicationStartYear 1847 ⓘ
publisher Frederick Douglass ⓘ
successor Frederick Douglass’s North Star newspaper self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Frederick Douglass’ Paper
targetAudience Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African Americans

abolitionists ⓘ
sympathetic white reformers ⓘ

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Anna Murray Douglass → associatedWith → Frederick Douglass’s North Star newspaper ⓘ
Frederick Douglass → editorOf → Frederick Douglass’s North Star newspaper ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frederick Douglass' Paper
Frederick Douglass’s North Star newspaper → successor → Frederick Douglass’s North Star newspaper self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: The North Star
this entity surface form: Frederick Douglass’ Paper
Lewis Henry Douglass → workedAt → Frederick Douglass’s North Star newspaper ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frederick Douglass’ Newspaper operations