CSPAN3 Signal Of Liberty Newspaper November 17, 2013
Sway people to have an antislavery stance. And in order to do so, they felt they should have a newspaper because they could disseminate information which would convince them that slavery was a wrong and evil and it was actually hurting the country. Out of that meeting. And, remember, this is a year before michigan is actually a state. Out of that meeting came publication of a newspaper. And it was mostly led by two men. Theodore foster who came from new england. His father was a u. S. Senator. And reverend guy beckley who came from vermont. They managed to keep it going from 1841 through 1848 ...