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The ''New-Yorker Abend-Zeitung'' was a daily evening
Published by revolutionary émigré Forty Eighter Friedrich Rauchfuss, the newspaper was strongly
German language
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newspaper in New York City
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published from 1851 to 1874 that directly competed with the Democratic ''New Yorker Staats-Zeitung
The ''New Yorker Staats-Zeitung'' (), nicknamed ''The Staats'', is a German language, German-language newspaper in the United States.
Its publisher claims it to be the leading German-language weekly newspaper in the country. In the late 19th ce ...
''.
History
Published by revolutionary émigré Forty Eighter Friedrich Rauchfuss, the newspaper was strongly anti-slavery
Abolitionism, or the abolitionist movement, is the political movement to end slavery and liberate enslaved individuals around the world.
The first country to fully outlaw slavery was France in 1315, but it was later used in its colonies. T ...
and affiliated with the burgeoning Republican Party. Friedrich Kapp
Friedrich Kapp (13 April 1824 – 27 October 1884) was a German-American lawyer, writer, and politician. He was an outspoken opponent of Germany's colonization fervor during his time as a National Liberal Reichstag deputy. This was exemplified i ...
served as the first editor. In 1852, Rauchfuss hired journalist Hermann Raster
Hermann Raster (May 6, 1827 – July 24, 1891) was an American editor, abolitionist, writer, and anti-temperance political boss who served as chief editor and part-owner of the '' Illinois Staats-Zeitung'', a widely circulated newspaper in the ...
as editor-in-chief, himself a fellow Forty Eighter from the Duchy of Anhalt
The Duchy of Anhalt () was a historical German duchy. The duchy was located between the Harz Mountains in the west and the River Elbe and beyond to the Fläming Heath in the east. The territory was once ruled by the House of Ascania, and is now ...
who previously served as editor of the abolitionist newspaper the ''Buffalo Demokrat
The ''Buffalo Demokrat'' was a daily German language newspaper from Buffalo, New York published from 1848 until 1918.
The ''Demokrat'' was founded as the ''Freie Demokrat'' but changed its name in 1850, when it came under new ownership. Initially ...
''. In the events leading up to the American Civil War
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, the paper, which was considered radical at the time, expressed the view that John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry
John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry was an effort by abolitionist John Brown, from October 16th to 18th, 1859, to initiate a slave revolt in Southern states by taking over the United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (since 1863, We ...
was a revolutionary act of a European character, which Raster deemed atypical for the United States. During the war, the paper was staunchly pro- Union. In 1867, Raster left his position as editor-in-chief after fifteen years and relocated to Chicago
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to edit the Illinois Staats-Zeitung
''Illinois Staats-Zeitung'' (''Illinois State Newspaper'') was one of the most well-known German-language newspapers of the United States; it was published in Chicago from 1848 until 1922. Along with the '' Westliche Post'' and '' Anzeiger des We ...
.
The separate Sunday edition of the paper was called the ''Atlantische Blätter''.
See also
*List of German-language newspapers published in the United States
In the period from the 1830s until the First World War, dozens of German-language newspapers were published in the United States. Although the first German immigrants had arrived by 1700, most German-language newspapers flourished during the era ...
References
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