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I found this list (below) of 19th-century African-American newspapers in James T. Haley's Afro-American Encyclopaedia (Or, the Thoughts, Doings, and Sayings of the Race, Embracing Lectures, Biographical Sketches, Sermons, Poems, Names of Universities, Colleges, Seminaries, Newspapers, Books, and a History of the Denominations, Giving the Numerical Strength of Each. In Fact, it Teaches Every Subject of Interest to the Colored People, as Discussed by More Than One Hundred of Their Wisest and Best Men and Women), which was published in 1895 in Nashville (639pp,by Haley & Florida). The book was digitized by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as part of their digitization project, Documenting the American South. It is a fantastic thing absolutely filled with information and insight.
- Full text found here: http://docsouth.unc.edu/church/haley/haley.html
The newspaper section starts with this introduction about the need for newspapers followed by a statement on the involvement, intelligence, and capacity to publish a newspaper:
Shall I Take a Paper?
"AT this season of the year, when publishers are making special offers to the reading public, we are all debating the mental fare with which we shall spread our table in 1895. We ought to have first a good church paper thoroughly representative of our denomination."
"The Methodist ought to have the South- Western Advocate, published at New Orleans; the African Methodist ought to have the Christian Recorder, published at Philadelphia; the Congregationalist ought to have The Congregationalist, published at Boston, or the The Advance, published at Chicago, and so on for the Baptists, Episcopalians,"
"Evangelists and other denominations among us. Each home ought to have its church paper. Next to that stands some good clean helpful race journal. Get one, in the columns of which the editors are seeking to help the race up, and not working to pull it down. When you subscribe for a race journal get one in which the editors display not pessimistic, but optimistic views of the race."
"It will be well to remember that it takes brains to edit a newspaper, and men who have not been trained to think are hardly men to be entrusted with the perilous task of giving direction to public opinion. The editorial chair requires more than that culture gotten from the reading of newspapers. The editor who is sending out week by week his paper into the world ought to be able to grapple with the problems of the day and think them through. There is too much guessing on the grave social problems of the day by editors. Riots and mobs are the result of false teaching, both on the part of the hotheaded anarchists and incompetent editors who are not anachists. In selecting your race journal for the next year find one whose editorial columns show moderation, and one which is not always squared off with a chip on its shoulder daring someone to knock it off. The paper which busies itself with fighting its contemporaries cannot be of very much help to you. When you raise the question about taking a race journal remember there are two reasons especially to be remembered why you should. The first is a duty you owe to yourself to keep up with the movements among your own people. Second, you owe it to the race to support laudable enterprises which look to the betterment of the race. Let us remember, too, that the press, the pulpit and the platform have been the great liberators of the nations In this land of ours we need the influence of all of these to plead our cause up and down the length of our land. Put some good race weekly on your list for 1895."--Cleveland (Ohio) Gazette.
NEWSPAPERS
The following is a list of newspapers and magazines edited and published by and for Afro-Americans. Alphabetically arranged by States:
| ALABAMA. | |||
| 1 | Birmingham | Harrison's Pet | Weekly. |
| 2 | Birmingham | Wide Awake | Weekly. |
| 3 | Birmingham | Southern Broadaxe | Weekly. |
| 4 | Eutaw | Weekly Blade | Weekly. |
| 5 | Huntsville | Huntsville Gazette | Weekly. |
| 6 | Huntsville | Huntsville Journal | Weekly. |
| 7 | Huntsville | Southern Freeman | Weekly. |
| 8 | Huntsville | The Independent | Weekly. |
| 9 | Lovan | The Eagle | Weekly. |
| 10 | Mobile | Southern Watchman | Weekly. |
| 11 | Mobile | Ferret Journal | Weekly. |
| 12 | Mobile | Weekly Sentinel | Weekly. |
| 13 | Mobile | West Alabama Advocate | Weekly. |
| 14 | Montgomery | The Argus | Weekly. |
| 15 | Montgomery | Baptist Leader | Weekly. |
| 16 | Montgomery | Odd Fellow's Journal | Monthly. |
| 17 | Opelika | The People's Choice | Weekly. |
| 18 | Selma | Student's Voice | Weekly. |
| 19 | Tuskegee | The Tuskegee Student | Monthly. |
| ARKANSAS. | |||
| 20 | Fort Smith | The Post | Weekly. |
| 21 | Helena | Helena Progress | Weekly. |
| 22 | Little Rock | Arkansas Dispatch | Weekly. |
| 23 | Little Rock | Baptist Vanguard | Weekly. |
| 24 | Osceola | Afro-American Leader | Weekly. |
| 25 | Pine Bluff | The Echo | Weekly. |
| CALIFORNIA. | |||
| 26 | Los Angeles | The Vindicator | Weekly. |
| 27 | Los Angeles | The Eagle | Weekly. |
| 28 | Los Angeles | The Hustler | Weekly. |
| 29 | Los Angeles | Weekly Examiner | Weekly. |
| 30 | San Francisco | The Elevator | Weekly. |
| 31 | San Francisco | Western Outlook | Weekly. |
| COLORADO. | |||
| 32 | Colorado Springs | Western Enterprise | Weekly. |
| 33 | Denver | Exponent | Weekly. |
| 34 | Denver | Denver Statesman | Weekly. |
| 35 | Pueblo | Pueblo Times | Weekly. |
| CONNECTICUT. | |||
| 36 | New Haven | Zion's Trumpet | Weekly. |
| DELAWARE. | |||
| 37 | Wilmington | Twilight | Weekly. |
| DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. | |||
| 38 | Washington | The Bee | Weekly. |
| 39 | Washington | The Colored American | Weekly. |
| 40 | Washington | The Globe | Daily. |
| 41 | Washington | The Pilot | Weekly. |
| 42 | Washington | Woman's Tribune | Weekly. |
| 43 | Washington | National Baptist Messenger | Quarterly. |
| 44 | Washington | The Zion Methodist | Weekly. |
| FLORIDA. | |||
| 45 | Gainesville | Florida Sentinel | Weekly. |
| 46 | Live Oak | Florida Baptist | Weekly. |
| 47 | Jacksonville | Southern Courier | Weekly. |
| 48 | Jacksonville | The Daily American | Daily. |
| 49 | Jacksonville | The Advocate | Weekly. |
| 50 | Winter Park | Winter Park Advocate | Weekly. |
| GEORGIA. | |||
| 51 | Athens | The Clipper | Weekly. |
| 52 | Albany | The Dispatch | Weekly. |
| 53 | Americus | People's Messenger | Weekly. |
| 54 | Atlanta | The People's Advocate | Weekly. |
| 55 | Atlanta | Voice of Missions | Monthly. |
| 56 | Atlanta | The Georgia Speaker | Monthly. |
| 57 | Atlanta | Spellman Messenger | Monthly. |
| 58 | Atlanta | Hope Spellman Seminary | Monthly. |
| 59 | Atlanta | Atlanta Times | Weekly. |
| 60 | Atlanta | Southern Appeal | Weekly. |
| 61 | Augusta | Georgia Baptist | Weekly. |
| 62 | Augusta | Augusta Sentinel | Weekly. |
| 63 | Augusta | Methodist Union | Weekly. |
| 64 | Augusta | The Haines Journal | Monthly. |
| 65 | Blakely | The Mouthpiece | Weekly. |
| 66 | Brunswick | The Gleaner | Weekly. |
| 67 | Cartersville | The Negro Educational Journal | Monthly. |
| 68 | Dalton | Dalton Argus | Weekly. |
| 69 | Eastman | Negro Exponent | Weekly. |
| 70 | Rome | Baptist Banner | Weekly. |
| 71 | Rome | People's Journal | Weekly. |
| 72 | Rome | The Woman's World | Semi-Monthly |
| 73 | Savannah | Labor Union | Weekly. |
| 74 | Savannah | Recorder | Weekly. |
| 75 | Savannah | Tribune | Weekly. |
| 76 | Valdosta | Black and White | Weekly. |
| ILLINOIS. | |||
| 77 | Chicago | A. M. E. Record | Weekly. |
| 78 | Chicago | Appeal | Weekly. |
| 79 | Chicago | Bee | Weekly. |
| 80 | Chicago | Brotherhood | Weekly. |
| 81 | Chicago | Chicago Legal News | Weekly. |
| 82 | Chicago | Chicago Standard | Weekly. |
| 83 | Chicago | Chicago Clipper | Weekly. |
| 84 | Chicago | Church Organ | Weekly. |
| 85 | Chicago | Conservator | Weekly. |
| 86 | Chicago | Christian Science | Monthly. |
| 87 | Chicago | Free Speech | Weekly. |
| 88 | Peoria | The Negro Problem | Weekly. |
| 89 | Springfield | State Capital | Weekly. |
| INDIANA. | |||
| 90 | Indianapolis | The Freeman | Weekly. |
| 91 | Indianapolis | The World | Weekly. |
| 92 | Terre Haute | Afro-American Journal | Weekly. |
| INDIAN TERRITORY. | |||
| 93 | Lee Creek Nation | Weekly Sun | Weekly. |
| IOWA. | |||
| 94 | Des Moines | The Avalanche | Weekly. |
| 95 | Des Moines | The Bystander | Weekly. |
| KANSAS. | |||
| 96 | Atchison | The Blade | Weekly. |
| 97 | Coffeeville | Afro-American Advocate | Weekly. |
| 98 | Coffeeville | Kansas Blackman | Weekly. |
| 99 | Kansas City | American Citizen | Weekly. |
| 100 | Leavenworth | Leavenworth Herald | Weekly. |
| 101 | Parsons | Weekly Blade | Weekly. |
| 102 | Topeka | The Call | Weekly. |
| 103 | Topeka | State Ledger | Weekly. |
| 104 | Witchita | National Baptist World | Weekly. |
| KENTUCKY. | |||
| 105 | Hopkinsville | Indicator | Weekly. |
| 106 | Henderson | Gleaner | Weekly. |
| 107 | Lexington | The Standard | Weekly. |
| 108 | Louisville | American Baptist | Weekly. |
| 109 | Louisville | National Baptist Messenger | Quarterly. |
| 110 | Louisville | Ohio Falls | Weekly. |
| 111 | Louisville | Zion's Banner | Weekly. |
| LOUISIANA. | |||
| 112 | New Orleans | The Crescent | Monthly. |
| 113 | New Orleans | Journal of the Lodge | Weekly. |
| 114 | New Orleans | Christian Herald | Weekly. |
| 115 | New Orleans | Crusader | Daily. |
| 116 | New Orleans | People's Reporter | Monthly. |
| 117 | New Orleans | South Western Christian Advocate | Weekly. |
| 118 | New Orleans | The Ferret | Weekly. |
| 119 | New Orleans | The Monitor | Weekly. |
| MARYLAND. | |||
| 120 | Baltimore | Afro-American | Weekly. |
| 121 | Baltimore | Church Advocate | Weekly. |
| 122 | Baltimore | Prohibition Advocate | Weekly. |
| 123 | Baltimore | The Colored Harvester | Weekly. |
| 124 | Elkton | The Dawn | Monthly. |
| 125 | Marlborough | The Crusader | Weekly. |
| MAINE. | |||
| 126 | Augusta | The Wide World | Weekly. |
| MASSACHUSETTS. | |||
| 127 | Boston | The Courant | Weekly. |
| 128 | Boston | Watchman | Weekly. |
| 129 | Boston | Advocate | Weekly. |
| 130 | Boston | Woman's Era | Weekly. |
| 131 | Boston | Woman's Journal | Monthly. |
| 132 | Boston | Woman's Column | Monthly. |
| 133 | Boston | Boston Banner | Weekly. |
| 134 | Boston | The Republican | Weekly. |
| MICHIGAN. | |||
| 135 | Detroit | American Catholic | Weekly. |
| 136 | Detroit | Detroit Plaindealer | Weekly. |
| 137 | Detroit | National Independent | Weekly. |
| 138 | Detroit | The Beacon Light | Weekly. |
| MINNESOTA. | |||
| 139 | St. Paul | The Appeal | Weekly. |
| MISSISSIPPI. | |||
| 140 | Columbus | New Light | Semi-Monthly |
| 141 | Columbus | Baptist Reflector | Weekly. |
| 142 | Jackson | People's Defender | Weekly. |
| 143 | Jackson | The Jackson Light | Monthly. |
| 144 | Jackson | The Messenger | Semi-Monthly |
| 145 | Meridian | Fair Play | Weekly. |
| 146 | Natchez | The Brotherhood | Weekly. |
| 147 | Natchez | The Reporter | Monthly. |
| 148 | Senatobia | The Baptist Herald | Weekly. |
| 149 | Shaw | The News | Weekly. |
| MISSOURI. | |||
| 150 | Hamilton | Baptist Standard | Weekly. |
| 151 | Kansas City | Future State | Weekly. |
| 152 | Kansas City | Gate City Press | Weekly. |
| 153 | Kansas City | The American Citizen | Weekly. |
| 154 | Kansas City | Kansas City Messenger | Weekly. |
| 155 | Independence | The International | Monthly. |
| 156 | Moberly | Christian Recorder | Weekly. |
| 157 | Moberly | Western Optic | Weekly. |
| 158 | Pine Bluff | The Echo | Weekly. |
| 259 | Sedalia | Sedalia International | Monthly. |
| 160 | Sedalia | Afro-American | Weekly. |
| 161 | St. Louis | St. Louis Advocate | Weekly. |
| 162 | St. Louis | Missionary Record | Monthly. |
| NEBRASKA. | |||
| 163 | Omaha | Progress | Weekly. |
| 164 | Omaha | Enterprise | Weekly. |
| 165 | Omaha | Afro-American Sentinel | Weekly. |
| NEW JERSEY. | |||
| 166 | Newark | New Jersey Trumpet | Weekly. |
| NEW YORK. | |||
| 167 | New York | The Echo | Weekly. |
| 168 | New York | The Age | Weekly. |
| 169 | New York | The Examiner | Weekly. |
| 170 | New York | Union Times | Weekly. |
| 171 | New York | National Temperance Advocate | Weekly. |
| 172 | New York | Home Mission | Monthly. |
| 173 | Brooklyn | National Monitor | Weekly. |
| 174 | Buffalo | The Basis | Weekly. |
| NORTH CAROLINA. | |||
| 175 | Charlotte | Afro-American Press | Weekly. |
| 176 | Charlotte | The Messenger | Weekly. |
| 177 | Charlotte | Baptist Pilot | Monthly. |
| 178 | Raleigh | The Gazette | Weekly. |
| 179 | Raleigh | North Carolina Sun | Weekly. |
| 180 | Readsville | Baptist Headlight | Weekly. |
| 181 | Salisbury | Star of Zion | Weekly. |
| 182 | Salisbury | Livingston | Monthly. |
| 183 | Winston | The Student | Monthly. |
| 184 | Wilmington | A. M. E. Zion | Quarterly. |
| 185 | Wilmington | The Afro-American Presbyterian | Weekly. |
| OHIO. | |||
| 186 | Albany | The Diadem | Weekly. |
| 187 | Cleveland | The Gazette | Weekly. |
| 188 | Cleveland | Ringwood Journal of Fashion | Monthly. |
| 189 | Cleveland | Voice of the People | Weekly. |
| 190 | Cincinnati | American Catholic Tribune | Monthly. |
| 191 | Cincinnati | Journal and Messenger | Weekly. |
| 192 | Cincinnati | The Race Problem | Weekly. |
| 193 | Cincinnati | Old Hughes | Monthly. |
| 194 | Ringwood | American Journal | Monthly. |
| 195 | Springfield | The Beacon | Weekly. |
| 196 | Toledo | Afro-American Standard | Weekly. |
| OKLAHOMA. | |||
| 197 | Langston City | The Herald | Weekly. |
| PENNSYLVANIA. | |||
| 198 | Philadelphia | The Christian Banner | Weekly. |
| 199 | Philadelphia | Astonisher | Weekly. |
| 200 | Philadelphia | The Speck | Weekly. |
| 201 | Philadelphia | The Christian Recorder | Weekly. |
| 202 | Philadelphia | Independent Advocate | Weekly. |
| 203 | Philadelphia | Masonic Herald | Weekly. |
| 204 | Philadelphia | Weekly Tribune | Weekly. |
| 205 | Philadelphia | Standard Echo | Weekly. |
| 206 | Philadelphia | A. M. E. Church Review | Quarterly. |
| 207 | Pittsburg | The Spokesman | Weekly. |
| 208 | Pittsburg | The Broadaxe | Weekly. |
| RHODE ISLAND. | |||
| 209 | Providence | New England Torch Light | Weekly. |
| 210 | Providence | The Sun | Weekly. |
| SOUTH CAROLINA. | |||
| 211 | Aikin Court House | Little Observer | Semi-Monthly |
| 212 | Beaufort | New South | Weekly. |
| 213 | Bennettsville | Pee Dee Educator | Semi-Monthly |
| 214 | Brunson | Hampton County Elevator | Weekly. |
| 215 | Charleston | Enquirer | Weekly. |
| 216 | Charleston | Messenger | Weekly. |
| 217 | Chester | South Carolina Herald | Weekly. |
| 218 | Columbia | People's Recorder | Weekly. |
| 219 | Florence | Baptist Herald | Semi-Monthly |
| 220 | Valcluse | South Carolina Tribune |
Weekly.
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| TENNESSEE. | |||
| 221 | Athens | Watchman | Weekly. |
| 222 | Clarksville | Montgomery Pilot | Weekly. |
| 223 | Columbia | Headlight | Semi-Monthly |
| 224 | Fayetteville | Colored Presbyterian (Cumberland) | Weekly. |
| 225 | Jackson | Christian Index | Weekly. |
| 226 | Knoxville | The Herald | Weekly. |
| 227 | Knoxville | Negro World | Weekly. |
| 228 | Knoxville | Weekly Gleaner | Weekly. |
| 229 | Lebanon | The Gleaner | Weekly. |
| 230 | Memphis | Head and Hand | Monthly. |
| 231 | Memphis | Afro-American | Weekly. |
| 232 | Memphis | The Baptist Messenger | Weekly. |
| 233 | Memphis | The Christian Herald | Weekly. |
| 234 | Memphis | The Living Way | Weekly. |
| 235 | Memphis | The Watchman | Weekly. |
| 236 | Nashville | The Citizen | Weekly. |
| 237 | Nashville | Fisk Herald | monthly. |
| 238 | Nashville | Central Tennessee College Record | monthly. |
| 239 | Nashville | Tennessee Baptist | Weekly. |
| 240 | Nashville | The Bugle Blast | Weekly. |
| 241 | Nashville | Immaculate Headlight | ---- |
| 242 | Nashville | Hope | Monthly. |
| 243 | Nashville | The Bulletin | Weekly. |
| TEXAS. | |||
| 244 | Austin | Herald | Weekly. |
| 245 | Beaumont | Beaumont Leader | Weekly. |
| 246 | Beaumont | Weekly Advertiser | Weekly. |
| 247 | Corsicana | The Reflector | Weekly. |
| 248 | Dallas | Missionary Reporter | ---- |
| 249 | Dallas | Southern Mercury | Weekly. |
| 250 | Dallas | The Baptist Star | Weekly. |
| 251 | Fort Worth | The Item | Weekly. |
| 252 | Fort Worth | The Organizer | Weekly. |
| 253 | Galveston | Freeman's Journal | Weekly. |
| 254 | Galveston | Galveston Witness | Weekly. |
| 255 | Houston | The Texas Freeman | Weekly. |
| 256 | Hearn | The Hearn Academy | Monthly. |
| 257 | Kaufman | Kaufman Pilot | Weekly. |
| 258 | Navasota | The Echo | Weekly. |
| 259 | Prairie View | State Normal | Monthly. |
| 260 | San Antonio | The Texas Globe | Weekly. |
| 261 | San Antonio | The Blade | Weekly. |
| 262 | Leguin | The New Test | Weekly. |
| 263 | Waco | The Searchlight | Weekly. |
| UTAH. | |||
| 264 | Sult Lake City | Western Recorder | Weekly. |
| 265 | Sult Lake City | Womens' Exponent |
Weekly.
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| VIRGINIA. | |||
| 266 | Alexandria | Zion's Leader | Weekly. |
| 267 | Alexandria | The Christian Clipper | Weekly. |
| 268 | Boydton | Midland Express | Weekly. |
| 269 | South Boston | The Boston Banner | Weekly. |
| 270 | Birkley | Atlantic Baptist | Weekly. |
| 271 | Cappahossic | Clancester Letter | Weekly. |
| 272 | Danville | The Methodist | Weekly. |
| 273 | Graham | Headlight | Weekly. |
| 274 | Lawrenceville | Southern Messenger | Semi-Monthly |
| 275 | Lynchburg | Counselor Herald | Weekly. |
| 276 | Lynchburg | The Laborer | Weekly. |
| 277 | Manchester | Manchester Weekly | Weekly. |
| 278 | Newport News | The Caret | Monthly. |
| 279 | Norfolk | The Speaker | Weekly. |
| 280 | Norfolk | The Rambler | Weekly. |
| 281 | Norfolk | Recorder | Weekly. |
| 282 | Petersburg | The Herald | Weekly. |
| 283 | Petersburg | The Recorder | Weekly. |
| 284 | Petersburg | Petersburg Lancet | Weekly. |
| 285 | Petersburg | V. N. and C. T. Gazette | Weekly. |
| 286 | Petersburg | National Pilot | Quarterly. |
| 287 | Port Royal | The Press | Weekly. |
| 288 | Richmond | The Planet | Weekly. |
| 289 | Richmond | Southern News | Weekly. |
| 290 | Richmond | Woman's Weekly--Virginia Reporter | Weekly. |
| 291 | Richmond | Young Men's Friend | Monthly. |
| 292 | Richmond | The Times | Weekly. |
| 293 | Richmond | The State | Weekly. |
| 294 | Richmond | The Weekly Cyclone | Weekly. |
| 295 | Richmond | The Performer | Weekly. |
| 296 | Richmond | Religious Herald | Weekly. |
| 297 | Roanoke | Roanoke Daily Press | Daily. |
| 298 | Suffolk | Christian Visitor | Monthly. |
| 299 | Vanna Grove | Henrico News | Weekly. |
| WEST VIRGINIA. | |||
| 300 | Martinsburg | Pioneer Press | Weekly. |
| 301 | Montgomery | The Baptist Pioneer | Weekly. |
| 302 | Parkersburg | The Freeman | Weekly. |
| WISCONSIN. | |||
| 303 | Milwaukee | Northwestern Recorder | Weekly. |
| WASHINGTON. | |||
| 304 | Seattle | The Seattle Republican | Weekly. |
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