CHAPTER XIV.
CONTEMPORARIES OF THE COLORED AMERICAN.
CONTEMPORANEOUS with The American was published The Colored Tenneseean, in the state of Tennessee, (the second Afro-American journal published in the South) and The True Communicator, at Baltimore, Md.
These were journals of much ability and influence. Though all were of very brief existence, they aided The American in its great work of advising the race.
The Anglo-African of Nov. 11, 1865, says of these papers: "The True Communicator is edited with much spirit, and shows that the gentlemen having it in charge fully comprehend their duties, and are thoroughly alive on all the questions of the hour. We hope that great success will attend the efforts of the publishers.
In speaking of The Tenneseean, the same paper says:—
"This paper, which we have heretofore mentioned with much pleasure, has been enlarged, and our friend Waring of Ohio has joined the editorial corps. The people of Tennessee and the adjoining states appear to be coming up to the support of this sterling paper; and we hope that the publishers are meeting a just reward for their zeal and faithfulness in our cause.
