November 7, 1863
Very few issues of The Colored Citizen exist today, with known copies in the Ohio Historical Society, the American Antiquarian Society, and, the Archives & Rare Books Library here at the University of Cincinnati where the first issue is held (Call no. SpecCol ARB AP2.C6). Published in Cincinnati sporadically from the height of the Civil War in 1863 until approximately 1869, The Colored Citizen was edited by a group of African American citizens from Midwestern cities, including St. Louis, Chicago, Louisville, Indianapolis, Columbus, and of course, Cincinnati. It was a paper with general news, but with a focus on the political, economic, and cultural affairs that had an impact on African Americans of the age. On the masthead, the noted quote of Terence is paraphrased as “Nothing that Concerns Mankind is Foreign to Me.”
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