The Goldsboro star. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1881-18??, 1881-06-25

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paper in the State freedoms Jour
nal published in New York City il
1928. Read and see what DR.. VIM
Wells Brown one of our ablest writ
ers Of the day says Of it. He traces
back to 1880 when the National Re-
former was first published, which
was eighteen years befors FFedericl
Douglass paper made its appearance
and two years after the freedoms
Journal. So we think we are right
in saying that the Frsedom's Jour.
nal was the oldest colored newspaper.
GEo. T.. WAssoM, Eso.:--Your note
Of the 18th inst, together with the Colds.
boro STAR, came duly to hand and fol
which you have my thanks.
I read with interest the article concern.
ing the oldest colored newspaper, be.
cause it brought up q train Of thought in
regard to the colored press Of the past.
have never seen copy Of freedoms
journal, ofwhich you make mention, but
I have no doubt that it was the first pa.
per ever published bya colored man in
the United States.
The National Retormer was first issued
in 1880, in Philadelphia. | have no
knowledge Of its first conductors. VIM.
Whipper became its editor in 1888,
he was an able versatile writer and did
good work for us. Il was monthly
Magazine.
The Mirror of Liberty, quarterly, was
soon after commenced in the City Of New
York, was published and edited by David
Ruggles, man who has the honor Of be-
ing the first agent OF the Underground
Railroad. The Colored american, was
established in New York In 1887 by
Philip A. Bell and Samuel +. Cornish.
These gentlemen edited its conformity. 1t
afterwards, however passed into the edi-
torial hands Of Charles B. Ray.
The next paper was The Mystcry, pub
lished at Pittsburg, Pa, and edited by
DR.. Martin R. Delany, tits was followed
by the Disfrunchised american. issued
in New York City. Then came the
RAMS Horn, published and edited by
Stephen Van Ransellar. On the first Of
January lS4S, Frederick Douglass sent
out the first copy Of The North Star. you
will see that this was just twenty years
after the publication Of Freedoms Jour
nal.
The issuing of The North Star, was
the beginning Of o new era in the black
mans literature, its editor drew around
him q corps Of contributors and correspon.
dents from Europe, as well as all parts Of
America and the Yves Indies, that made
its columns rich with the current news o.
the world. But the Oldest newspaper
man Of ourrace is Philip A. Bell, who af'
ter retiring from the management Of the
Colored american in 1910, removed tx
California and established the Pacific Ap
peal a weekly newspaper devoted to tn,
interest Of the colored man and which
did great service for us in that section o
the country. Mr.. Bell is now editor o
The Elevator. He is an original ant
subtle writer, has fine powers Of analyst
and often filings the sparkling rays of
vivid imagination over the productions o
his pen. He is now above seventy year
Of age, still vigorous and strong.
have only made mention Of the earle
journals conducted by colored men. Will
| in the past twenty years some thirty o
forty papers have come into existenc
most Of which have gone out.
Yours very truly,
WIZ. WELLS Brown, NJ. d.
BosToN, June 18th.
Every colored newspaper in Mort
Carolina save one, and that one
neutral, favors prohibition. Is no
this significant ?-Er.
lions Star says: Hon. Fred
Douglass exhausted the subject Of tn
"Color Line" which he contributes
to the North american .ReviesO."
That line was here before MI
Douglass and it will remain her