Peter Anderson (c. 1822–1879) was an
African American
African Americans, also known as Black Americans and formerly also called Afro-Americans, are an Race and ethnicity in the United States, American racial and ethnic group that consists of Americans who have total or partial ancestry from an ...
newspaper publisher and activist who actively participated in California
Colored Conventions Movement
The Colored Conventions Movement, or Black Conventions Movement, was a series of national, regional, and state conventions held irregularly during the decades preceding and following the American Civil War. The delegates who attended these conve ...
s during the 1800s. Anderson was also co-founded the newspaper called the ''
Pacific Appeal'' (1862–1880), which advocated black rights and helped activists network. Anderson and his coeditor
Philip Alexander Bell
Philip Alexander Bell (1808–1889) was an American newspaper editor and abolitionist.
Born in New York City to an African American family, he was educated at the African Free School and became politically active at the 1832 Colored Conventi ...
argued often and eventually these disagreements led Bell to split off and create his own paper called ''
The Elevator'' while Peterson continued with the ''Pacific Appeal''.
Early life
There is little historical record of Peter Anderson's early life. What is known is that he was born in Pennsylvania in about 1822, and moved to California as the Gold Rush ended. He began engaging in the African American community specifically the California Colored Citizens Conventions after starting a tailor shop in 1854 before dying in 1879.
Activism
Peter Anderson along with other African American activists such as J. H. Townsend, W. H. Newby and D. W. Ruggles signed a call to assemble for a convention. The purpose of the convention was to find a way to get their inherent rights and privileges as citizens of California. It was the first of several conventions to happen. Peter Anderson was also the founder of a Newspaper called the ''Pacific Appeal'' in 1856. Anderson was also secretary of the executive committee of the Conventions.
See also
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African-American newspapers
African Americans, also known as Black Americans and formerly also called Afro-Americans, are an American racial and ethnic group that consists of Americans who have total or partial ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa. ...
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California State Convention of Colored Citizens
The California State Convention of Colored Citizens (CSCCC) was a series of colored convention events active from 1855 to 1902. The convention was one of several social movement conventions that took place in the mid-19th century in many states ...
References
External links
*http://coloredconventions.org/state-conventions
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1820s births
1879 deaths
19th-century American newspaper founders
19th-century American journalists
Abolitionists from California
African-American abolitionists
Colored Conventions people