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Subject: The AFRICAN-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE on Cd-ROM

         Accessible Archives has announced plans to publish the
    complete texts of major 19th century African American newspapers
    on CD-ROM. THE AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE will eventually bring
    together more than fifty newspapers beginning with the FREEDOMS
    JOURNAL.
         These newspapers are rich with first hand reports of the
    major events and issues of the nation's history, slavery and
    emancipation, as well as detailed accounts of everyday life that
    embody the very fabric of the African-American experience: early
    biographical material, essays and editorials: social, economic,
    and political observations; poetry, prose, and song; vital
    statistics; and advertisements.
         Newspapers in the AFRICAN-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE project will
    be made available in chronological order with the addition of 12
    to 15 million new words each year.  The first installment,
    scheduled for release in the fall of 1996, will include the
    following titles:
    1. Freedom's Journal (1827 - 1830) New York.
    2. Colored American (1837 - 1842) New York.
    3. The North Star (1847 - 1851) Rochester, New York.
    4. Frederick Douglass' Paper (1851 - 1855) Rochester, New York
    5. National Era (1847 - 1860), Washington D.C.

    Accessible Archives also has published CD-ROM versions of the
    Pennsylvania Gazette (colonial era) and Civil War US newspapers.
    For further information, please write Jack Nagy
    <jnagy@ACCESSIBLE.COM>

Reposted from H-CIVWAR by:

Russell Smith
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Ed.Tech Consultant         Newspaper and Magazine Columnist
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