"We Need a Press—a Press of Our Own": The Black Press beyond Abolition.

An essay is presented in which the author examines what he calls a historical misunderstanding in which the U.S. antislavery press was conflated with the Black press during the 19th century. According to the article, Black editors established an independence from anti-slavery societies and newspapers operated mostly by white Americans during the antebellum period. The article examines the prominence of the Black press, criticism of the anti-slavery press by the Black press, and prominent editors such as Samuel Cornish, William Whipper, and David Ruggles.