_The Colored American_, appeared in New York, March 4,
1837. The editor was Philip A. Bell. Later Charles Bennett Ray became
one of the proprietors and editors. Finally, mention must be made of
such journals of this period as _The Elevator_, of Albany, edited by
Stephen Myers; _The Genius of Freedom_, by David Ruggles; _People's
Press_, by Thomas Hamilton; and _North Star_, by Frederick Douglass.
Concerning the last named publication, it was generally said that it
was conducted on a higher plane than any of the others and that it was
among the first newspapers of the country.

ARNETT G. LINDSAY.

FOOTNOTES:

[1] Census of New York before 1790:

_Year_ _Number_
1664 "very few"
1678 "very few"
1698 King's County, 293.
1703, 5 counties about N. Y. City 1,301.
1712, 5 counties about N. Y. City 1,775.
1723 6,171
1731 7,231
1746 9,717
1774 21,717
1790 21,324
1800 20,903
1810 15,017
1820 10,088
1830 75
1840 4

NEW YORK CITY SLAVES.

1703 801
1712 960
1731 1,571
1737 1,719
1746 2,444

Morgan, _Slavery in New York_, page 38.

[2] _New York Emancipation Law--African Repository_, Vol. 31, page
155.

[3] _Half a Man_, M. W. Ovington, page 69.

[4] _American Convention of Abolition Societies, 1797_, p. 39.

[5] _Ibid._, p. 31.

[6] _Ibid._, p. 39.

[7] _Ibid._, p. 30.

[8] _Ibid._, 1803, p. 7.

[9] _American Convention of Abolition Societies, 1805_, p. 38.

[10] _Ibid._, 1812, p. 7.

[11] _American Convention of Abolition Societies_, 1812, p. 14.

[12] Inspectors of the New York African Free Schools reported to _The
Commercial Advertiser_, May 12, 1824, that "we never beheld a white
school of the same age in which without exception there was more
order, neatness of dress, and cleanliness of person."

[13] _Ibid._

[14] _Journal of Negro History_, Vol. III, p. 354.

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