Northstar->Frederick Douglass Newspaper
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Frederick Douglass, one of the best known and most articulate free black spokesmen during the antebellum years, was born a slave ca. 1817.
After he ran away, Douglass tirelessly fought for emancipation and full citizenship for African Americans.
Despite the failure of earlier African American newspapers, Douglass founded the North Star in December 1847.
The masthead contained the motto: “Right is of no sex; truth is of no color, God is the Father of us all—and all are brethren.”
In 1851 it merged with the Liberty Party Paper and soon changed its name to the Frederick Douglass Paper. A contemporary African American journalist observed that Douglass's ability as a newspaper editor and publisher did more for the “freedom and elevation of his race than all his platform appearances.”
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