Frederick Douglass’s North Star newspaper

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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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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, New York
linked to: Rochester
coFounder Martin Delany
countryOfPublication 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’ Paper
targetAudience African Americans
linked to: Black Americans

abolitionists
sympathetic white reformers

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Anna Murray Douglass associatedWith Frederick Douglass’s North Star newspaper
The North Star successor Frederick Douglass’ Paper
linked to: Frederick Douglass’s North Star newspaper
Lewis Henry Douglass workedAt Frederick Douglass’ Newspaper operations
linked to: Frederick Douglass’s North Star newspaper
Frederick Douglass editorOf Frederick Douglass' Paper
linked to: Frederick Douglass’s North Star newspaper
The North Star mergedInto Frederick Douglass' Paper
linked to: Frederick Douglass’s North Star newspaper