"S" Index to African American Newspaper Articles
Grand Rapids Public Library, 1830-1935

Main Entry

Ethnic

Name

Title

Source

News Date

Date

Year

Vol

Page

Saginaw Teamsters

AA

n

Against hiring outsiders

GREP

1899-06-10

06-10

1899

6

306

Saginaw, MI

AA

n

Hiring of farmers, city contract to hire city laborers

GREP

1899-06-10

06-10

1899

6

306

Saginaw, MI

AA

n

Emancipation Celebration - Saginaw & Bay City, MI

GRDE

1873-08-05

08-05

1873

2

130

Salem, ILL

AA

n

Colored girls and train incident

GRDE

1873-07-12

07-12

1873

2

128

Saline, MI

AA

n

Colored man owns sawmill assaulted

DA&T

1869-06-24

06-24

1869

2

047

Sample, Judge George

AA

y

Wrote Klan letter to Judge George Sample while drugged

GRH

1923-10-06

10-06

1923

9

151

Sanders, George

AA

y

Colored settlement, Burt Twp., Cheboygan Co., MI

CD

1885-04-16

04-16

1885

4

013

Sanders, William

AA

y

Assaulted and robbed by 4 white men

GRP

1922-08-30

08-30

1922

9

068

Sandford, John F. A.

AA

y

Advertisement - sale of Supreme Court decision

CHDT

1857-05-25

05-25

1857

1

069

Sanford, Perry

AA

y

Last survivor of attempted capture of fugitive slave in 1848

GRPT

1904-07-21

07-21

1904

7

120

Sankey, Rev.

AA

y

A Colored Preacher

GRSEP

1877-03-17

03-17

1877

3

012

Saulsbury, James

AA

y

Assaults man

GRE

1885-01-31

01-31

1885

4

005

Saulsbury, L. K.

AA

y

Fight in county clerk's office

GREL

1891-05-28

05-28

1891

5

143

Sault Ste. Marie, MI

AA

n

Rev. Robt Wallace, evangelist, marries Rachel E. Ross

GRTH

1891-12-29

12-29

1891

5

257

Saunders, Susan

AA

y

Colored resident dies at Ottawa Co. Infirmary

GHDT

1926-07-02

07-02

1926

9

243

Scholte, Rev. Mr.

AA

y

Slave democracy speech

GRE

1856-09-06

09-06

1856

1

046

Scott, Dan

AA

y

Arrested for living in house of ill repute

GREL

1892-02-15

02-15

1892

5

279

Scott, Dred

AA

n

Dred Scott decision

GRE

1857-06-01

06-01

1857

1

072

Scott, Dred

AA

y

Advertisement - sale of Supreme Court decision

CHDT

1857-05-25

05-25

1857

1

069

Scott, Dred

AA

n

Republican Party - Ottawa Co., MI resolutions

DE&H

1858-02-28

02-28

1858

1

084

Scott, Herman

AA

y

Shot and killed Ike Kersey in Kalamazoo

GHDT

1904-07-26

07-26

1904

7

121

Scott, Herman

AA

y

Sentenced in death of Ike Kersey

GHDT

1904-10-06

10-06

1904

7

126

Scott, John L.

AA

y

Arrested for vagrancy

GHDT

1904-11-02

11-02

1904

7

133

Scott, Lewis

AA

y

Colored man shoots paramour, commits suicide

GREL

1890-12-12

12-12

1890

5

103

Scott, M. E.

AA

y

Arrested at crap game

GRD

1896-11-15

11-15

1896

6

169

Seattle, WA

AA

n

Riot between white and colored miners near Seattle, WA

GREL

1891-07-01

07-01

1891

5

161

Second Methodist Church

AA

n

Freeman's Aid and Educational Society

GRH

1897-11-15

11-15

1897

6

259

Sergent, Mrs. Ruth

AA

y

Urges separate schools for colored and white, Grand Rapids

GRP

1920-10-23

10-23

1920

8

147

Serpell, Charles

AA

y

Murderer jailed and lynched

GREL

1892-05-31

05-31

1892

5

341

Shafer, Dell

AA

y

On trial for assault and battery

GRH

1893-03-01

03-01

1893

6

025

Shafer, Dell

AA

y

Arrested for drunk and disorderly conduct

GRH

1894-06-18

06-18

1894

6

086

Shafer, Dell

AA

y

Arrested for robbery of James Davis(a.k.a. Ella Green)

GRD

1896-09-19

09-19

1896

6

159

Shafer, Dell

AA

y

Trial on keeping disorderly house

GRD

1897-10-02

10-02

1897

6

247

Shafer, Dell

AA

y

Charged with robbery

GRH

1896-10-07

10-07

1896

6

163

Shellbine, Richard

AA

y

Assaults white man for attentions to his daughter

GRE

1891-08-28

08-28

1891

5

207

Sherburne, Gen. John H.

AA

y

Resigns from '40 et 8', it prohibits negro vet membership

GRH

1928-02-23

02-23

1928

9

268

Sherman, General

AA

y

Must have constitutional rights for negroes

GRTH

1889-09-27

09-27

1889

4

243

Sherman, General

AA

y

Negroes have rights which must be secured to them

PR

1889-10-02

10-02

1889

4

246

Sherman, General

AA

y

Explains reasons for 15th Amendment

GRTH

1890-03-15

03-15

1890

5

040

Sherman, John

AA

y

Assaulted by Ike Kearsey

GRTH

1891-08-17

08-17

1891

5

196

Sherman, Mary A.

AA

y

White man jailed against colored girl

AJ

1869-06-21

06-21

1869

2

046

Sherman, TX

AA

n

Assaulted family near death, posse seeking him, Texas

GRH

1892-03-05

03-05

1892

5

290

Shields, Bill

AA

y

pleaded guilty to being paralyzed

GREL

1891-08-21

08-21

1891

5

198

Shurtleff, C. W.

AA

y

Sec'y of Oberlin College, Ohio - education for negroes

GRDD

1890-10-21

10-21

1890

5

083

Simmons Hall

AA

n

White citizens invited to Emancipation celebration

GREL

1892-07-25

07-25

1892

5

368

Simmons, Hilliard

AA

y

Colored man assaults policeman

MDC

1882-09-28

09-28

1882

3

162

Sing, Quong

CH

y

Sold restaurant in Ionia returns to Grand Rapids

GREP

1901-09-27

09-27

1901

7

063

Sisco, Elmer

AA

y

Shot while robbing turkeys

GRH

1893-10-22

10-22

1893

6

056

Skidmore, Sarah H.

AA

y

Sentenced for assault on Mrs. Sarah H. Skidmore

GRE

1890-06-24

06-24

1890

5

060

Slater Fund

AA

n

Address on helping the Negro to stand on his own feet

GRD

1891-05-31

05-31

1891

5

146

Slaughter, Hazel

AA

y

Stole money from Fred Deacon

GREP

1893-02-23

02-23

1893

6

024

Slavery

AA

n

Article on Advance in the Price of Slaves

GRE

1859-03-31

03-31

1859

1

114

Slavery

AA

n

Abolition

GRWEN

1862-06-25

06-25

1862

1

149

Slavery

AA

n

Arming Slaves in the South

DA&T

1863-09-19

09-19

1863

1

175

Slavery

AA

n

Who abolished slavery

GREL

1881-01-06

01-06

1881

3

111

Slavery

AA

n

Abolition

GRWEN

1862-06-25

06-25

1862

1

148

Slavery

AA

n

A Republican Marshal Playing the Slave Hunter

DDA

1861-04-09

04-09

1861

1

138

Slavery

AA

n

Abolition

GRWEN

1862-06-25

06-25

1862

1

147

Slavery

AA

n

Bleaching of the Colored Race

DA&T

1862-09-27

09-27

1862

1

152

Slavery

AA

n

Remarks made by Rev. Ballard

DEN&H

1859-12-27

12-27

1859

1

129

Slavery

AA

n

Article on efforts of League of Nations to eliminate slavery

GRH

1930-09-25

09-25

1930

9

302

Slavery

AA

n

Lecture, "Reminiscenses of Slavery and Anti-Slavery"

GRDE

1873-01-29

01-29

1873

2

106

Slavery

AA

n

Life as a slave in Virginia

GRPT

1904-06-25

06-25

1904

7

106

Slavery

AA

n

Last survivor of attempted capture of fugitive slave in 1848

GRPT

1904-07-21

07-21

1904

7

120

Slavery

AA

n

Young colored attorney reminisces on slavery

GRDD

1885-12-06

12-06

1885

4

045

Slavery

AA

n

Anti-Slavery movement

GRDE

1873-06-28

06-28

1873

2

126

Slavery

AA

n

The Pluck of Slaveholders

GRE

1859-10-25

10-25

1859

1

125

Slavery

AA

n

The Union of our Fathers

GRWEN

1862-05-14

05-14

1862

1

146

Slavery

AA

n

Article on slavery

DA&T

1863-09-11

09-11

1863

1

169

Slavery

AA

n

Remembers about the Anti-Slavery Struggle

GRDE

1873-01-31

01-31

1873

2

107

Slavery

AA

n

Slavery by an Eye Witness

GRE

1859-07-25

07-25

1859

1

119

Slavery

AA

n

The Slave Trade and New England

GREL

1881-04-29

04-29

1881

3

118

Slavery

AA

n

Remembers about the Anti-Slavery Struggle

GRDE

1873-01-31

01-31

1873

2

108

Slavery

AA

n

Pro-slavery in Michigan

GRE

1863-05-01

05-01

1863

1

162

Slavery

AA

n

The Extension of Slavery

GRDEN

1856-03-19

03-19

1856

1

042

Slavery

AA

n

Poem, "Sisters and Slavery"

CHDT

1853-03-07

03-07

1853

1

027

Slavery

AA

n

Poem, "Endearing Recrimination"

CHDT

1853-03-07

03-07

1853

1

027

Slavery

AA

n

Poem, "Seasonable Interference"

CHDT

1853-03-07

03-07

1853

1

027

Slavery

AA

n

Fugitive Slave - Underground railroad

CHDT

1853-04-22

04-22

1853

1

029

Slavery

AA

n

More slaves landing in Havana

CHDT

1853-06-20

06-20

1853

1

032

Slavery

AA

n

The Bible and Slavery

GRDEN

1856-01-12

01-12

1856

1

039

Slavery

AA

n

Advocating a scheme of apprenticeship

GRDE

1865-07-11

07-11

1865

1

229

Slavery

AA

n

Negro Absorption

GRDEN

1856-02-12

02-12

1856

1

041

Slavery

AA

n

Article on Fugitive Slave Law in Iowa

GRVE

1851-03-28

03-28

1851

1

022

Slavery

AA

n

Colored girl graduated at Battle Creek, MI

GRSEP

1877-07-07

07-07

1877

3

013

Slavery

AA

n

Slavery is the misfortune of states …

GRDEN

1856-05-20

05-20

1856

1

044

Slavery

AA

n

The Powers of Congress to prohibit slavery

GRE

1856-06-30

06-30

1856

1

045

Slavery

AA

n

Slave democracy speech

GRE

1856-09-06

09-06

1856

1

046

Slavery

AA

n

The New Crusade Against Labor

GRDE

1865-07-15

07-15

1865

1

230

Slavery

AA

n

Is the Democratic Party Pro-Slavery

GRDEN

1856-10-05

10-05

1856

1

048

Slavery

AA

n

Article on slavery

DE&H

1858-04-20

04-20

1858

1

088

Slavery

AA

n

Aggressions of Slavery

GRDEN

1856-01-26

01-26

1856

1

040

Slavery

AA

n

Prohibition of slavery in California

GRVE

1849-11-23

11-23

1849

1

012

Slavery

AA

n

Southern slavery not a thing of the past - South Carolina

PR

1901-03-13

04-13

1901

7

039

Slavery

AA

n

Chicago Anti-Slavery Society meeting

CHDA

1840-04-09

04-09

1840

1

004

Slavery

AA

n

Article on slavery

GRSEP

1878-05-11

05-11

1878

3

029

Slavery

AA

n

Anti-slavery paper, "The Examiner"

GRVE

1847-07-07

07-07

1847

1

005

Slavery

AA

n

Article on Slavery

GRVE

1848-10-06

10-06

1848

1

006

Slavery

AA

n

Article on Slavery

GRE

1848-12-29

12-29

1848

1

007

Slavery

AA

n

Article on Slavery

GRVE

1849-01-19

01-19

1849

1

008

Slavery

AA

n

Slave saved by railroad engineer

GRE

1884-11-14

11-14

1884

3

269

Slavery

AA

n

Article on Slavery

GRVE

1849-09-14

09-14

1849

1

010

Slavery

AA

n

Poem on non-dissolution of the Union

GRVE

1851-07-15

07-15

1851

1

023

Slavery

AA

n

First emancipator of slaves, lived in poverty

BC

1901-02-08

02-08

1901

7

032

Slavery

AA

n

Speech by Rep. Gilbert of California

GREQ

1850-06-19

06-19

1850

1

016

Slavery

AA

n

Law for Reclamation of Fugitive Slaves

GRVE

1850-09-09

09-09

1850

1

018

Slavery

AA

n

Fugitive Slave Law Debate

GREQ

1850-12-25

12-25

1850

1

019

Slavery

AA

n

Fugitive Slave Law Debate

GREQ

1851-01-01

01-01

1851

1

019

Slavery

AA

n

Fugitive Slave Law Debate

GREQ

1850-12-25

12-25

1850

1

019

Slavery

AA

n

Article on extension of slavery

GRE

1856-11-18

11-18

1856

1

049

Slavery

AA

n

Emancipation Convention article

GRVE

1849-06-22

06-22

1849

1

009

Slavery

AA

n

Ex-slave recounts days as slave, Boyne City, MI

GRH

1929-08-16

08-16

1929

9

286

Slavery

AA

n

Wendell Phillips behind anti-slavery

GREL

1884-02-06

02-06

1884

3

218

Slavery

AA

n

Attempts to keep Kansas out of the Union

DE&H

1858-04-18

04-18

1858

1

087

Slavery

AA

n

Lecture, "Reminiscenses of Slavery and Anti-Slavery"

GRDE

1873-01-27

01-27

1873

2

105

Slavery

AA

n

Article on slavery

DE&H

1858-04-21

04-21

1858

1

089

Slavery

AA

n

Suppression of the African Slave Trade

DE&H

1858-04-30

04-30

1858

1

090

Slavery

AA

n

A Defence of the Slave Trade

DE&H

1858-05-12

05-12

1858

1

091

Slavery

AA

n

Slaves and Bibles

DE&H

1858-05-20

05-20

1858

1

092

Slavery

AA

n

Article on slavery

GRE

1857-12-15

12-15

1857

1

082

Slavery

No

n

Article - Carriage manufacturing by prisoners

GRE

1858-07-11

07-11

1858

1

098

Slavery

AA

n

Article on African coast slave trade

GRDE

1869-06-30

06-30

1869

2

050

Slavery

AA

n

Excitement Among the Colored Population

DE&H

1858-08-07

08-07

1858

1

101

Slavery

AA

n

Christian vs Political regarding Negroes

GRDL

1879-11-18

11-18

1879