David Ruggles and the New York Committee of Vigilance
David Ruggles was New York’s most radical, infamous, and hated black abolitionist, and the chief operative of the New York Committee of Vigilance.
Charles Bennett Ray
The Colored American (The Weekly Advocate)
The Colored American was an influential African-American newspaper published in New York City between 1837 and 1842 by three prominent black abolitionists.