During several periods of his life, Douglass tired to influence public opinion through the press as well as on the lecture circuit. Through the generousity of his British friends, he first founded the North Star, a weekly anti-slavery newspaper, "devoted to the cause of liberty and progress"--Ch. 25. This paper was published in Rochester, N.Y., from December 3, 1847, to April 17, 1851. It brought news of the anti-slavery movement to thousands. Later publishing ventures were Frederick Douglass' Paper(1851-60) and Douglass' Monthly (1859-63), both emanating from Rochester, and the New National Era (1870-74), published in Washington, D.C. As publisher of this paper, Douglass' intention was to carry forward the work of elevating the position of African Americans in the post-Emancipation period. Source: Library of Congress
************************************************************************ The motto of the North Star: "Right is of no Sex — Truth is of no Color — God is the Father of us all, and we are all brethren."