Colored Patriot (1883-1884?, Cincinnati)
Item
Title
Colored Patriot (1883-1884?, Cincinnati)
Creator
George E. Cowley, Frank B. Kinney, J.M. Lewis, Charles Henson, Phil Miller
Location created
Cincinnati, Ohio
Date
1883-1884?; Saturday, September 8, 1883
Type
Weekly
Archive
Western Reserve Historical Society
Collection
Library Collections
Identifier
34 H1.4 056
Rights
Public domain; Courtesy of the Western Reserve Historical Society
Tags
Description
Colored Patriot was published by Patriot Publishing Company, weekly in Cincinnati, Ohio. It claimed, "The Patriot is the only Colored Republican paper published or printed in Cincinnati," with a motto: "A paper in accord with the political sentiment of the Colored people.” Its editors were George E. Cowley, Frank B. Kinney, J.M. Lewis, Charles Henson, and Phil Miller. One extant copy is Vol. 1, no. 1, On September 8, 1883. The ending date is unclear. This newspaper politically contrasted with the Afro-American, representing the diversity within Black communities.
