The North Star, Volume 1, Number 22

Created by

The North Star, American, 1847 - 1859

Edited by

Douglass, Frederick, American, 1818 - 1895

Published by

Nell, William Cooper, American, 1816 - 1874

Edited by

Delany, Martin Robison, American, 1812 - 1885

Written by

Mott, Lucretia, American, 1793 - 1880

Printed by

Dick, John, British

Date

May 26, 1848

Medium

ink on paper

Dimensions

H x W (Folded): 25 × 18 1/4 in. (63.5 × 46.4 cm)

H x W (Open): 24 13/16 × 36 5/16 in. (63 × 92.3 cm)

Description

The May 26, 1848 issue of the North Star, Volume 1, Number 22. The newspaper is one large sheet of paper that has been folded in half to create a four page spread. Each page is divided into seven columns of black text. On the front page mast head, large black text states [The North Star.] In the row below, the text on the far left reads [FREDERICK DOUGLASS / MR. DELANY, / EDITORS]. In the center, the text of the newspapers slogan reads, [RIGHT IS OF NO SEX - TRUTH IS OF NO COLOR- GOD IS THE FATHER OF US ALL, AND ALL WE ARE BROTHREN] The text on the right of the heading states, [WILLIAM C. NELL, PUBLISHER / JOHN DICK, PRINTER]. The third row has the printed text, [VOL I. NO. 22. / ROCHESTER, N.Y., FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1848. / WHOLE NO. - 22.]. Included on the second page in the second panel is the speech of Lucretia Mott at the American Anti-Slavery Society.

Place printed

Rochester, Monroe County, New York, United States, North and Central America

Classification

Documents and Published Materials

Movement

Abolitionist movement

Type

newspapers

Topic

Antislavery

Communities

Free communities of color

Freedom

Mass media

Social reform

U.S. History, 1815-1861

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number

2017.36.5

Restrictions & Rights

Public domain

Usage

CC0

GUID

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