For all you history buffs out there... This is SO COOL!!!

[JoLLyRoGer]

Check out this high-res scan of The North Star newspaper from 1848 I found!!

The cheif editor was Frederick Douglass!!

It's a pretty awsome read if you've got about 30 minutes to kill. For me, it's just neat to read the news stories of the day. There are letters to the editor, a story on slavery, and even a technology snippet in there about telescopes and microscopes! It almost gives you the feeling of actually living in 1848 for a moment.. So cool!!!

Enjoy! 😀

JR..

 

[Poulsonator]

Excellent find. Thank you for sharing!

 

[RightIsWrong]

$2/yr subscription price.....ahhhh...those were the days.

 

[Armitage]

Very interesting - where'd you find this?

If you don't know, Frederick Douglass was a former slave very prominent black abolitionist - probably the equivalent of Martin Luther King for the 1800's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Douglass

The North Star is mentioned in that article. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Star_%28newspaper%29

 

[JoLLyRoGer]

Originally posted by: Armitage
Very interesting - where'd you find this?

If you don't know, Frederick Douglass was a former slave very prominent black abolitionist - probably the equivalent of Martin Luther King for the 1800's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Douglass

The North Star is mentioned in that article. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Star_%28newspaper%29

It was funny actually. I was looking for a .jpg of some old parchment to use in a website design and I stumbled onto this doing a google image search.

Also, I do know who Frederick Douglass was and that was one reason this newspaper struck me with supreme interest.

I liked the aritcle written by the man who traveled to Kingston, Jamaica during their elections. Apparently there was a White candidate vs. a Black candidate both running for Mayor. He was recanting how the party advocates for either side were out in the street proclaiming their support for their candidate.

Ulitmately the White candidate won because he'd spent more money "bribing" voters. It made me chuckle because in light of what goes on today, that story firmly re-enforced the old addage; "The more things change, the more they stay the same." Or rather, he who has the deepest pockets wins the election.

I :heart: History!
JR..

 

[Armitage]

Originally posted by: JoLLyRoGer

Originally posted by: Armitage
Very interesting - where'd you find this?

If you don't know, Frederick Douglass was a former slave very prominent black abolitionist - probably the equivalent of Martin Luther King for the 1800's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Douglass

The North Star is mentioned in that article. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Star_%28newspaper%29

It was funny actually. I was looking for a .jpg of some old parchment to use in a website design and I stumbled onto this doing a google image search.

Also, I do know who Frederick Douglass was and that was one reason this newspaper struck me with supreme interest.

Yep, it sounded like you did - that comment was more for the rest of ATOT.

I liked the aritcle written by the man who traveled to Kingston, Jamaica during their elections. Apparently there was a White candidate vs. a Black candidate both running for Mayor. He was recanting how the party advocates for either side were out in the street proclaiming their support for their candidate.

Ulitmately the White candidate won because he'd spent more money "bribing" voters. It made me chuckle because in light of what goes on today, that story firmly re-enforced the old addage; "The more things change, the more they stay the same." Or rather, he who has the deepest pockets wins the election.

Haven't read it yet, but I'm sure the bolded statement holds.

I :heart: History!
JR..

 

[ATLien247]

Interesting. I don't know if this was the norm back then, but some of the articles were several years old at the time this issue of the North Star was printed. Take the article about poetry by Sir James Macintosh, for example. It was published in 1846.

It's almost as if Frederick Douglass were scrimping for content. Maybe to make his paper look more respectable, or something...