On this day, Frederick Douglass, in collaboration with Martin R. Delany, published the first issue of The North Star in Rochester, New York. The newspaper became one of the most influential anti-slavery publications of the 19th century.
Its motto was:
“Right is of no Sex – Truth is of no Color – God is the Father of us all, and we are all brethren.”
The North Star served as a powerful platform for abolitionism, civil rights, and Black empowerment. Douglass, a formerly enslaved man turned orator and statesman, used the publication to advocate for the end of slavery and for full equality for African Americans and women.
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