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• Alabama 36
  • Daily Selma Messenger (Selma, AL)1
  • Eufala Daily Times (Eufala, AL)1
  • Huntsville Gazette (Huntsville, AL) 4
  • Montgomery Daily Advertiser (Montgomery, AL)2
  • Southern Republican (Demopolis, AL)2
  • The Huntsville Journal (Huntsville, AL) 19
  • The Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery, AL)3
  • The Selma Press (Selma, AL)1
  • The Selma Times and Messenger (Selma, AL)1
  • The Southern Argus (Selma, AL)1
  • Union Springs Herald (Union Springs, AL)1
• Arkansas 13
  • Arkansas Democrat (Little Rock, AR)2
  • Arkansas Weekly Mansion (Little Rock, AR)1
  • Daily Arkansas Gazette (Little Rock, AR)2
  • The Arkansas Gazette (Little Rock, AR)2
  • The Baptist Vanguard (Little Rock, AR)5
  • The Southern Standard (Arkadelphia, AR)1
• California 63
  • Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA)1
  • Sacramento Daily Record-Union (Sacramento, CA)1
  • The Elevator (San Francisco, CA)38
  • The Examiner (San Francisco, CA) 1
  • The Oakland Daily Times (Oakland, CA)1
  • The Pacific Appeal (San Francisco, CA)19
  • The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA)1
  • Ukiah Republican Press (Ukiah, CA)1
• Canada 9
  • Provincial Freeman (Windsor/Toronto/Chatham, Canada West)9
• Colorado 2
  • The Statesman (Denver, CO)2
• Dakota Territory 1
  • The Black Hills Daily Times (Deadwood, Dakota Territory)1
• Delaware 1
  • Daily Republican (Wilmington, DE)1
• Florida 2
  • The Florida Peninsular (Tampa, FL)1
  • The Weekly Floridian (Tallahassee, FL)1
• Georgia 18
  • The Atlanta Constitution (Atlanta, GA)3
  • The Colored American (Augusta, GA)2
  • The Loyal Georgian (Augusta, GA)10
  • The Morning News (Savannah, GA)3
• Illinois 133
  • The Broad Ax (Chicago, IL) 4
  • The Chicago Defender (Chicago, IL) 8
  • The Chicago Weekly Tribune (Chicago, IL) 8
  • The Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago, IL)1
  • The Davis Budget (Davis, IL)1
  • The Jacksonville Daily Journal (Jacksonville, IL)1
  • The Moline Review-Dispatch (Moline, IL)1
  • The State Capital (Springfield, IL)3
  • The Western Appeal/The Appeal: A National Afro-American Newspaper (St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN; Chicago, IL) 106
• Indiana 128
  • The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)127
  • The Indianapolis Journal (Indianapolis, IN)1
• Iowa 12
  • Davenport Sunday Democrat (Davenport, IA)1
  • Iowa State Bystander (Des Moines, IA)10
  • Ottumwa Courier (Ottumwa, IA)1
• Kansas 39
  • Abilene Weekly Reflector (Abilene, KS)1
  • Afro-American Advocate (Coffeyville, KS)3
  • Atchison Daily Free Press (Atchison, KS)1
  • Atchison Weekly Champion (Atchison, KS)1
  • Baptist Times (Garnett, KS)3
  • Fort Scott Weekly Monitor (Fort Scott, KS)1
  • Herald of Kansas (Topeka, KS)1
  • Lawrence Daily World (Lawrence, KS)1
  • Leavenworth Daily Conservative (Leavenworth, KS)2
  • Osawatomie Graphic (Osawatomie, KS)1
  • The Commercial Gazette (Wyandotte, KS)1
  • The Commonwealth (Topeka, KS)1
  • The Council Grove Republican (Council Grove, KS)1
  • The Daily Kansas Tribune (Lawrence, KS)2
  • The Kansas City Gazette (Kansas City, KS)1
  • The Kansas City Globe (Kansas City, KS)2
  • The Oswego Independent (Oswego, KS)1
  • The Topeka Plaindealer (Topeka, KS) 10
  • The Twice-a-Week Independent (Coffeyville, KS)1
  • The Weekly Call (Topeka, KS)1
  • Topeka State Journal (Topeka, KS)1
  • Topeka Weekly Leader (Topeka, KS)1
  • Topeka Weekly Times (Topeka, KS)1
• Kentucky 16
  • Daily Evening Bulletin (Maysville, KY)1
  • Daily Public Ledger (Maysville, KY)1
  • The Bourbon News (Paris, KY)1
  • The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)2
  • The Evening Bulletin (Maysville, KY)2
  • The Hickman Courier (Hickman, KY)1
  • The Interior Journal (Stanford, KY)1
  • The Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY)4
  • The Owensboro Monitor (Owensboro, KY)2
  • The Richmond Climax (Richmond, KY)1
• Louisiana 2128
  • Baton Rouge Tri-Weekly Gazette & Comet (Baton Rouge, LA)1
  • New Orleans Republican (New Orleans, LA)7
  • New Orleans Tribune (New Orleans, LA)2
  • Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)2079
  • The Black Republican (New Orleans, LA)20
  • The Daily Picayune (New Orleans, LA)7
  • The Donaldsonville Chief (Donaldsonville, LA)1
  • The Louisiana Democrat (Alexandria, LA)1
  • The New Orleans Daily Democrat (New Orleans, LA)1
  • The Ouachita Telegraph (Ouachita, LA)1
  • The Shreveport Times (Shreveport, LA)1
  • The South-Western (Shreveport, LA)1
  • The Times-Democrat (New Orleans, LA)1
  • The Weekly Louisianian (New Orleans, LA)5
• Maine 1
  • Portland Daily Press (Portland, ME)1
• Maryland 51
  • Afro-American (Baltimore, MD)2
  • Afro-American Ledger (Baltimore, MD)4
  • Baltimore Daily Commercial (Baltimore, MD)1
  • Port Tobacco Times and Charles County Advertiser (Port Tobacco, MD)1
  • Saint Mary's Beacon (Leonard Town, MD)1
  • The Sun (Baltimore, MD)42
• Massachusetts 30
  • Boston Post (Boston, MA)1
  • Freedmen’s Record (Boston, MA)1
  • The Boston Daily Globe (Boston, MA)1
  • The Liberator (Boston, MA)27
• Michigan 1
  • Charlevoix County Herald (East Jordan, MI) 1
• Minnesota 3
  • Minneapolis Journal (Minneapolis, MN)1
  • The Appeal (St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN; Chicago, IL)1
  • The Redwood Gazette (Redwood Falls, MN)1
• Mississippi 12
  • American Citizen (Canton, MS)1
  • Natchez Weekly Democrat (Natchez, MS)1
  • The Daily Mississippian (Jackson, MS)1
  • The Greenville Times (Greenville, MS)1
  • The Magnolia Gazette (Magnolia, MS)1
  • The Vicksburg Daily Herald (Vicksburg, MS)2
  • The Weekly Clarion (Jackson, MS)2
  • The Weekly Mississippi Pilot (Jackson, MS)1
  • Times-Promoter (Hernando, MS)1
  • Yazoo City Herald (Yazoo City, MS)1
• Missouri 33
  • Daily Missouri Republican (St. Louis, MO) 3
  • Mexico Weekly Ledger (Mexico, MO)1
  • Richmond Democrat (Richmond, MO)1
  • St. Louis Globe-Democrat (St. Louis, MO)4
  • St. Louis Palladium (St. Louis, MO)9
  • St. Louis Post and Dispatch (St. Louis, MO)1
  • St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, MO)2
  • The Andrew County Republican (Savannah, MO)1
  • The Butler Weekly Times (Butler, MO)1
  • The Kansas City Sun (Kansas City, MO) 1
  • The Kansas City Times (Kansas City, MO)3
  • The St. Joseph Weekly Gazette ( St. Joseph, MO)2
  • The St. Louis Republic (St. Louis, MO)2
  • The St. Louis Republican (St. Louis, MO)1
  • The State Journal (Jefferson City, MO)1
• Montana 2
  • The Billings Herald (Billings, MT)1
  • The Helena Independent (Helena, MT)1
• Nebraska 3
  • Omaha Daily Bee (Omaha, NE)1
  • The Enterprise (Omaha, Nebraska)1
  • The McCook Tribune (McCook, NE)1
• Nevada 1
  • Reno Gazette-Journal (Reno, NV)1
• New Jersey 1
  • The Jersey City News (Jersey City, NJ)1
• New Mexico 1
  • Las Vegas Weekly Optic and Stock Grower (East Las Vegas, NM)1
• New York 72
  • Buffalo Commercial Advertiser (Buffalo, NY)2
  • Commercial Advertiser (New York, NY)1
  • Frederick Douglass' Paper (Rochester, NY) 2
  • National Anti-Slavery Standard (New York, NY)5
  • The Anglo-African (New York, NY)17
  • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, NY)1
  • The Evening Post (New York, NY)1
  • The New York Age (New York, NY)8
  • The New York Freeman (New York, NY)2
  • The New York Globe (New York, NY)5
  • The New York Herald (New York, NY)24
  • The New York World (New York, NY)1
  • The Sun (New York, NY)3
• North Carolina 29
  • Asheville Daily Citizen (Asheville, NC)1
  • Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, NC)1
  • Daily Newbernian (New Bern, NC)1
  • New Bern Weekly Journal (New Bern, NC)1
  • Newbern Journal of Commerce (New Bern, NC)1
  • Tar Heel (Elizabeth City, NC)1
  • The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, NC)1
  • The Daily Dispatch (Wilmington, NC)2
  • The Daily News (Raleigh, NC)1
  • The Daily North-Carolina Standard (Raleigh, NC)1
  • The Daily Standard (Raleigh, NC)2
  • The Era (Raleigh, NC)1
  • The Evening Post (Wilmington, NC)1
  • The Evening Post (Wilmington, NC)1
  • The Greensboro Patriot (Greensboro, NC)1
  • The Herald of the Union (Wilmington, NC)1
  • The North Carolinian (Elizabeth City, NC)1
  • The Pinehurst Outlook (Pinehurst, NC)1
  • The Raleigh Register (Raleigh, NC)1
  • The Star of Zion (Charlotte, NC)1
  • The Tri-Weekly Standard (Raleigh, NC)3
  • The Weekly Standard (Raleigh, NC)1
  • The Weekly Star (Wilmington, NC)1
  • The Wilmington Herald (Wilmington, NC)1
  • The Wilson Advance (Wilson, NC)1
• Ohio 56
  • Bucyrus Journal (Bucyrus, OH)1
  • Cincinnati Commercial Tribune (Cincinnati, OH)1
  • Cleveland Daily Leader (Cleveland, OH)1
  • Elyria Independent Democrat (Elyria, OH)1
  • Fayette County Herald (Washington Court House, OH)1
  • Gallipolis Journal (Gallipolis, OH)2
  • Springfield Globe-Republic (Springfield, OH)1
  • The Cincinnati Daily Star (Cincinnati, OH)2
  • The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, OH)6
  • The Cleveland Gazette (Cleveland, OH) 28
  • The Colored Citizen (Cincinnati, OH) 3
  • The Daily Empire (Dayton, OH)1
  • The Highland Weekly News (Hillsboro, OH) 7
  • The Stark County Democrat (Canton, OH)1
• Oklahoma 1
  • The Langston City Herald (Langston, OK)1
• Pennsylvania 1013
  • Greenville Advance Argus (Greenville, PA)1
  • Harrisburg Daily Independent (Harrisburg, PA)1
  • Harrisburg Telegraph (Harrisburg, PA)8
  • Juniata Sentinel and Republican (Mifflinville, PA)1
  • Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)2
  • Pittsburgh Dispatch (Pittsburgh, PA)2
  • Public Ledger (Philadelphia, PA)3
  • Public Opinion (Chambersburg, PA)1
  • Reading Times and Dispatch (Reading, PA)1
  • The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)987
  • The Daily Republican (Monongahela City, PA)1
  • The National Gazette and Literary Register (Philadelphia, PA)1
  • The Philadelphia Times (Philadelphia, PA)1
  • The Pittsburgh Press (Pittsburgh, PA)1
  • The Star and Enterprise (Newville, PA)1
  • Weekly Journal (Mercersburg, PA)1
• South Carolina 26
  • Beaufort Republican (Beaufort, SC)1
  • Keowee Courier (Pickens, SC)1
  • South Carolina Leader (Charleston, SC)14
  • The Abbeville Press and Banner (Abbeville, SC)1
  • The Charleston Daily News (Charleston, SC)2
  • The Columbia Record (Columbia, SC)1
  • The Daily Phoenix (Columbia, SC)1
  • The New South (Port Royal, SC)2
  • The Newberry Herald (Newberry, SC)1
  • The Newberry Weekly Herald (Newberry, SC) 1
  • The Watchman and Southron (Sumter, SC)1
• Tennessee 101
  • Brownlow's Knoxville Whig (Knoxville, TN)3
  • Chattanooga Daily Times (Chattanooga, TN)1
  • Clarksville Weekly Chronicle (Clarksville, TN)2
  • Daily Press and Herald (Knoxville, TN)2
  • Knoxville Daily Chronicle (Knoxville, TN)1
  • Knoxville Daily Tribune (Knoxville, TN)1
  • Knoxville Press and Messenger (Knoxville, TN)1
  • Maryville Republican (Marysville, TN)1
  • Memphis Daily Appeal (Memphis, TN)5
  • Memphis Daily Post (Memphis, TN)1
  • Memphis Evening Post (Memphis, TN)1
  • Nashville Union and American (Nashville, TN)2
  • Public Ledger (Memphis, TN)3
  • Republican Banner (Nashville, TN)4
  • The Bolivar Bulletin (Bolivar, TN)2
  • The Colored Tennessean (Nashville, TN) 37
  • The Columbia Herald (Columbia, TN)1
  • The Daily American (Nashville, TN)1
  • The Daily Memphis Avalanche (Memphis, TN)2
  • The Nashville American (Nashville, TN)1
  • The Nashville Daily Union (Nashville, TN)3
  • The Nashville Globe (Nashville, TN)22
  • The Tennessean (Nashville, TN)1
  • The Union Flag (Jonesborough, TN)2
  • The Weekly American Union (Chattanooga, TN)1
• Texas 21
  • Brenham Weekly Banner (Brenham, TX)1
  • Fort Worth Gazette (Fort Worth, TX)1
  • The Austin Weekly Statesman (Austin, TX)1
  • The Dallas Express (Dallas, TX)11
  • The Free Man's Press (Galveston, TX)1
  • The Galveston Daily News (Galveston, TX)1
  • The Houston Daily Post (Houston, TX)2
  • The Independent (Houston, TX)1
  • The Item (Dallas, TX)2
• Vermont 3
  • St. Albans Daily Messenger (St. Albans, VT)1
  • Vermont Phœnix (Brattleboro, VT)1
  • Vermont Telegraph (Brandon, VT)1
• Virginia 378
  • Alexandria Gazette (Alexandria, VA)18
  • Clinch Valley News (Jeffersonville, Tazewell Court House, VA)1
  • Peninsula Enterprise (Accomack Court House, VA)1
  • Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)309
  • Richmond Times-Dispatch (Richmond, VA)7
  • Staunton Daily Leader (Staunton, VA)1
  • Staunton Spectator (Staunton, VA)3
  • The Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA) 23
  • The Daily State Journal (Alexandria, VA)2
  • The Norfolk Post (Norfolk, VA)1
  • The Progress-Index (Petersburg, VA)1
  • The Reformer (Richmond, VA)1
  • The Richmond Times (Richmond, VA)2
  • The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer (Wheeling, VA)1
  • True Southerner (Hampton, VA)7
• Washington, D.C. 108
  • Evening Star (Washington, DC)25
  • National Republican (Washington, DC)5
  • New Era (Washington, DC)4
  • New National Era (Washington, DC)18
  • People's Advocate (Washington, DC)5
  • The Colored American (Washington, DC)8
  • The National Era (Washington, DC)1
  • The National Tribune (Washington, DC)32
  • The Washington Bee (Washington, DC) 5
  • The Washington Times (Washington, DC) 5
• West Virginia 3
  • Spirit of Jefferson (Charles Town, WV)2
  • The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer (Wheeling, WV)1
• Wisconsin 17
  • Daily State Gazette (Green Bay, WI)1
  • The Northwestern Recorder (Milwaukee, WI)16