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Collection: African American Newspapers
Publication: THE NATIONAL ERA
Date: June 24, 1847
L. P. NOBLETitle: OUR EXCHANGES
Location: Washington, D.C.

OUR EXCHANGES.

The " Herald of Freedom" is the title of a new anti-slavery paper that takes the place of the Western Aurora at Marion, Indiana. Its motto is, "Excelsior." That is right. It goes against war, slavery, and land monopoly. B. Woolman, publisher.
The Liberty Herald, a new Liberty semi-monthly newspaper, at Philadelphia, published by the acting committee of the Liberty party, at 75 cents per annum. Paper, type, size, matter, spirit, all good. Ladies have raised the funds for starting it, and of course it will prosper. "Man's extremity," says the paper, "was woman's opportunity."

National Watchman. Troy. William G. Allen, editor and publisher, $2 per annum. A large, well printed, substantial-looking, anti-slavery newspaper, edited by Mr. Allen, a colored man. The selections and editorials in his paper show that he is a man of sense, education, and good temper. It must exert a most wholesome influence, and deserves a liberal support. We commend it, not only to colored people, whose wants it so well understands, but to all of our own race who feel desirous of promoting the interests of that class of our countrymen. It is an excellent family paper.

The Daily Sun, of Philadelphia, a spirited Native American paper, has enlarged its form, and come out in new type. The Sun often contains sound anti-slavery articles.
"Morning Star" is the name of a new weekly, recently established in Baltimore, its great object being to promote a spirit of brotherly love among all sects and parties. A most praiseworthy object.
The Weekly National Whig has just appeared. Published by C.W. Fenton, the publisher of the daily. It is a large sheet, filled with spirited partisan matter.

The Literary World has lately passed into the editorial lands of C.F. Hoffman. Our readers are already apprised of its leading objects. It is invaluable as a critical journal, the editor evincing many of the higher attributes of the critic.

The Ramshorn complains that it does not receive our paper. We are sorry for this. His paper is on our list, and the publisher assures us that ours has been regularly sent. The fault must be in the Post Office. Certainly, we have seen nothing offensive in the course of the Ramshorn, as its editor seems to think. His questions about the employment of white and colored labor are easily answered. It was slave labor that we rejected, because the wages were to be paid, not to the laborer, but his owner. As to colored labor, the pressman of our office has long had in his employ a colored freeman.

The North American, a very effective paper, has purchased the old United States Gazette.

The Cleveland American, the Liberty paper published at Cleveland, Ohio, has been obliged to suspend for lack of funds. Generally, the publication of Liberty papers involves a continual sacrifice on the part of those engaged in them. The Liberty men in Northern Ohio will surely make vigorous efforts to resuscitate their paper.