<I>The North Star, Volume 1, Number 22</I>
date: label: Date
content: May 26, 1848
name: label: Created by
content: The North Star, American, 1847 - 1859
label: Edited by
content: Frederick Douglass, American, 1818 - 1895
label: Published by
content: William Cooper Nell, American, 1816 - 1874
label: Edited by
content: Martin Robison Delany, American, 1812 - 1885
label: Written by
content: Lucretia Mott, American, 1793 - 1880
label: Printed by
content: John Dick, British
notes: label: Description
content: The May 26, 1848 issue of the North Star, Volume 1, Number 22. The newspaper is one large sheet of paper that has been folded in half to create a four page spread. Each page is divided into seven columns of black text. On the front page mast head, large black text states [The North Star.] In the row below, the text on the far left reads [FREDERICK DOUGLASS / MR. DELANY, / EDITORS]. In the center, the text of the newspapers slogan reads, [RIGHT IS OF NO SEX - TRUTH IS OF NO COLOR- GOD IS THE FATHER OF US ALL, AND ALL WE ARE BROTHREN] The text on the right of the heading states, [WILLIAM C. NELL, PUBLISHER / JOHN DICK, PRINTER]. The third row has the printed text, [VOL I. NO. 22. / ROCHESTER, N.Y., FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1848. / WHOLE NO. - 22.]. Included on the second page in the second panel is the speech of Lucretia Mott at the American Anti-Slavery Society.
place: label: Place printed
content: Rochester, Monroe County, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Antislavery
label: Topic
content: Black Press
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Free communities of color
label: Topic
content: Freedom
label: Topic
content: Mass media
label: Topic
content: Social reform
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1815-1861
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
label: Movement
content: Abolitionist movement
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.36.5
objectType: label: Type
content: newspapers
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Folded): 25 × 18 1/4 in. (63.5 × 46.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Open): 24 13/16 × 36 5/16 in. (63 × 92.3 cm)