While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
- Throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, populations of Black Americans increased in many cities throughout the state of New York.
- During this time, many Black newspapers were founded.
- The newspapers were largely by and for the Black communities in which they were based.
- The Northern Star and Freeman’s Advocate ran from 1842 to 1843 in Albany, New York.
- The Crusader ran from 1853 to 1854 in New York City, New York.