CHAPTER IX.
THE NORTH STAR.
THE suspension of The Ram's Horn did not leave the Afro-Americans entirely without an organ. Vol. I, No. 43, of The Ram's Horn contained the following prospectus for an anti-slavery organ at Rochester, N. Y.: "Prospectus for an Anti-slavery paper, to be entitled—"The North Star:
Frederick Douglass proposes to publish in Rochester, New York, a weekly anti-slavery paper with the above title. The object of The North Star will be to attack slavery in all its forms and aspects; advocate Universal Emancipation; exact the standard of public morality; promote the moral and intellectual improvement of the colored people; and to hasten the day of freedom to our three million enslaved fellow-countrymen.
The paper will be printed on a double medium sheet, at $2.00 per annum, if paid in advance, and $2.50 if payment be delayed over six months.
The names of subscribers can be sent to the following persons, and should be forwarded, as far as practicable, by the first of November, proximo.
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