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76 It must seem to the reader that now the Afro-Americans were of some consequence, for we see them rising on all sides, whenever allowed any freedom at all, aiming at the one great evil of slavery.

The work, as the reader will note, was not now confined to the state of New York or Pennsylvania, but was reaching into the far West and there getting foothold for a crusade for the right.

Another contemporary of The North Star was The Mirror of the Times, of which Hon. Mifflin W. Gibbs was one of the proprietors and editors. It was published in San Francisco, Cal., in 1855.

That The Mirror of the Times did much good work can not be denied by any one. It could not have been otherwise with the name of Judge Gibbs attached to it.

This journal was published for seven years, and nobly defended the race and fought for the common cause of Abolition, until, in 1862, it was merged into The Pacific Appeal.

The Times did excellent work, and the Afro-Americans of to-day feel proud of its efforts.

Judge Gibbs is at present Receiver of Public Moneys, at Little Rock, Ark.

Another excellent contemporary of The North Star was The Herald of Freedom, published in 1855 by Mr. Peter H. Clark. It was one of the best advocates of Abolition among the Afro-Americans, for the reason that it had an editor of good sense and vast knowledge, both natural and acquired. Mr. Clark was born in 1827.

There are possibly few men of our race who have lived, and now live, better known as of literary and intelligent worth than Mr. Clark, every person of importance giving him the credit of being an acute thinker.

His journal had a very short existence, but it, no doubt,