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Civil War Era Studies: Civil War Era Newspapers

Newspapers

The Accessible Archives has the following newspapers:

  • The Christian Recorder
  • The Colored American
  • Doughlass Monthly
  • Frederick Douglass Paper
  • Freedom's Journal
  • The National Era
  • The North Star
  • The Provincial Freeman
  • The Weekly Advocate

African American Newspapers Series 1, 1827-1998 - features newspapers from across the United States from the Antebellum period, the Civil War Era, Reconstruction, the Gilded Age, the Progressive Era, the Great Depression, the World Wars, the Civil Rights Movement, the Vietnam Era, the Cold War, etc. 

Hartford Courant, 1860-1865 (Hartford, CT)

Congressional Globe, 1840-1873 and Congressional Record, 1873-1888 (Washington D.C.)

National Era, 1847-1860 (Washington D.C.)

Chicago Tribune, 1849-1996 (Chicago, IL)

Boston Evening Transcript, 1858-1865 (Boston, MA)

New York Herald, 1763-1902 (New York City, NY)

New York Times, 1839-1919 (New York City, NY)

New York Tribune, 1842-1866 (New York City, NY)

Cleveland Plain Dealer, 1860-1865 (Cleveland, OH)

The Christian Recorder, 1854-1902 (Philadelphia, PA)

North American, 1801-1899 (Philadelphia, PA)

Philadelphia Daily Evening Bulletin, 1857-1866 (Philadelphia, PA)

Philadelphia Inquirer, 1860-1922 (Philadelphia, PA)

Philadelphia Public Ledger, 1857-1865 (Philadelphia, PA)

Atlanta Constitution, 1868-1924 (Atlanta, GA)

New Orleans Times Picayune, 1837-1900 (New Orleans, LA)

Charleston Mercury, 1846-1868 (Charleston, SC)

Daily Richmond Enquirer, 1817-1866 (Richmond, VA)

Richmond Dispatch, 1858-1866 (Richmond, VA)

Richmond Whig, 1847-1882 (Richmond, VA)

Religious Herald, 1863-1865 (Richmond, VA) 

International Newspapers:

Other Newspapers: