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Title: The Afro-American press and its editors
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: Penn, I. Garland (Irvine Garland), 1867-1930
Subjects: Press African Americans
Publisher: Springfield, Mass. Willey & co.
Contributing Library: Wellesley College Library
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een anable man. The Citizen advocated, with convincing logic, political actionagainst slavery. Though the paper had unfortunately but abrief existence, it gained for itself the reputation of being aspirited sheet. The editor of The North Star, which was acontemporary of The Citizen, says— Mr. Ward was an edu-cated man, and his paper was ably edited. This was anexcellent effort at journalism. There was now no Afro-American journal published inNew York City. The Rams Horn having been suspended in1848, left the Afro-Americans in that city without any organ. While journals, backed by men of brains, were springingup in other parts of the North, New York City contained,probably, a greater number of able black men, both speakersand writers than could be found elsewhere. Mr. Louis H. Putman, a man identified with all the Afro-American interests, began the publication of The ColoredMans Journal, in New York City. It was backed by a manof some financial strength, and therefore survived many a
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73 74 THE AFRO-AMERICAN PRESS. shock to which it must otherwise have succumbed. It wasissued in 1851, and continued to be published during aperiod of ten years of stormy agitation, until the outbreakof the civil war. As a writer, Mr. Putman was known very well. He,however, did little work as a speaker, save in his nativetown on matters of local interest. His main efforts weremade through his paper. He was what might be termed apractical man, full of common sense, which he used abundantlyin conducting his journal. No paper up to this time, saveThe Star, survived the existence of The Journal. There is one feature about Mr. Putmans life as a writerwhich is very nattering. He never fought for anything hedid not conceive to be right. He had his faults, as all menhave; but he looked far and thought soberly before acting.A friend speaks thus of him: Mr. Putman was a manfull of historical facts, and possessed keen perceptive powers;and he was a good writer. His paper was neat in appear-ance,

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