The Afro-American press and its editors . hed with a criti-cising eye by almost, every man among the white editorial backing was closely observed, as well as thejournalistic look of the paper. This ordeal The An</to-African was able to meet. When-ever weighed in the journalistic balances, it, was not found wanting. Mr. Thomas Hamilton, like his brother, was a man ofSuperior ability, and of much experience in his profession,lie was on The /uuuit/clisf. for a long while, and had beenone of the proprietors of The Peoples Press. Mirny are ofthe opinion that The A nolo- Africa)) was t
The Afro-American press and its editors . hed with a criti-cising eye by almost, every man among the white editorial backing was closely observed, as well as thejournalistic look of the paper. This ordeal The An</to-African was able to meet. When-ever weighed in the journalistic balances, it, was not found wanting. Mr. Thomas Hamilton, like his brother, was a man ofSuperior ability, and of much experience in his profession,lie was on The /uuuit/clisf. for a long while, and had beenone of the proprietors of The Peoples Press. Mirny are ofthe opinion that The A nolo- Africa)) was the better publica-tion of the two. Wo will not venture the opinion that itwas tin4 best, paper published, but we will say if was thelargest. The great, fea t ure of The A nolo- A frica)) was, that it didnot seek to make itself a. paper whose matter should originatein the Hamilton family alone; and some of its contributorswere known to embrace the best Afro-American talent ofthose davs; the result being a genuine Afro-American 85 86 THE AFRO-AMERICAN PRESS. Hamilton was devoted to journalistic efforts, and provedeminently successful therein. The motto of The Anglo-African was as significant as thatof any paper ever It was—Man must be free;if not through the law, then above the law. With thismotto, it manfully contended for Afro-American freedom andcitizenship. Mr. Thomas Hamilton continued to be the owner andeditor of The Anglo-African until it was bought by Redpath, one of the old and substantial Abolition-ists,—the object of his purchase being the advocating of theHaytian Emigration Movement; a project that seemed thento be the only hope for the Afro-Americans. This occurredin the early part of 1860. After its purchase by Mr. Redpath, the }>aper was knownas The Weekly Anglo-African, for a short time, when thefollowing notice appeared in Vol. II, No. 13, May 11, 1861:The Anglo-African will appear next week under a new name— The Pine an
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