{"id":562,"date":"2006-10-09T19:58:40","date_gmt":"2006-10-10T00:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theliberatorfiles.com\/562"},"modified":"2006-10-09T19:58:40","modified_gmt":"2006-10-10T00:58:40","slug":"press-for-douglass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theliberatorfiles.com\/press-for-douglass\/","title":{"rendered":"Press for Douglass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>July 9, 1847<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Three articles on the first page enter the discussion of the proposed paper.\u00a0 One is signed simply, Libertas. Another is from Chronotype, and the third is a letter from Douglass.\u00a0 Douglass, writing to Garrison, recounts how friends in England had urged this editorship upon him, and he says, &#8220;I objected at once to the adoption of any measures for carrying out their kind intentions&#8221;&#8230;then he lists four objections.\u00a0 He goes on to comment that there is not a single press in the United States under control of a colored person, and though several attempts to do so have failed, he believes &#8220;the time has arrived when such a press could be established&#8221;&#8230; &#8220;I suggested that a printing press would be a useful and acceptable testimonial, and one which would have this advantage over the former one; it would be a gift to my race, as well as a testimony of their confidence in me as their advocate&#8230;. Since my return home, three newspapers under the management of colored persons have sprung into existence, and believing that these will be sufficient to accomplish the good which I sought, I have with some reluctance given up my intention of publishing a paper for the present.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 9, 1847 Three articles on the first page enter the discussion of the proposed paper.\u00a0 One is signed simply, Libertas. 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