The Seattle Republican was a weekly newspaper in Seattle from 1894 to 1913,[1] and is considered Seattle's first successful African American newspaper.[2] Its founder, Horace R. Cayton Sr., was a former slave in the American South.[3] Clayton's wife, Susie Revels Cayton, was associate editor starting in 1900 and she contributed articles and short stories.[1] The newspaper sought to portray "the black race" in a positive manner and hoped to create harmony between races through open discussion of sensitive race issues. This upset white readership and likely contributed to the newspaper's closing.[1] The newspaper is part of the collection of the Library of Congress.[4]
 The front page of the January 19, 1910 edition | |
| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Founder(s) | Horace R. Cayton Sr. |
| Founded | May 19, 1894 |
| City | Seattle |
| Country | United States |
| ISSN | 2157-3271 |
| OCLC number | 10328970 |
References
edit- ^ a b c Martineau., Wagner, Tricia (2007). African American women of the Old West (1st ed.). Guilford, Conn.: TwoDot, an imprint of The Globe Pequot Press. ISBN 9780762739004. OCLC 70230638.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "About The Seattle Republican". Chronicling America. Washington, DC: Library of Congress. Archived from the original on April 19, 2017.
- ^ "Former slave becomes newspaper publisher". African American Registry. Archived from the original on May 25, 2018.
- ^ "The Seattle Republican. [volume]".
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