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HE next marked effort in this field was in New York City, and was opportunely made.

Mr. Thomas Hamilton, of The Peoples Press fame, again dares to brave the storm in another publication, This time it was a decided success, reflecting credit upon his journalistic experience and his active brain. It was called The Anglo-African, and was one of the most powerful journals, irrespective of the color of the publisher, in the Abolition cause.

Published a few years before the war, it entered upon a heated period, which demanded fight,—fight to the bitter end.

Mr. Hamilton put every thing serviceable into his paper. He decided it should be a creditable and effective sheet, and to accomplish this he made many sacrifices, and flung to the breeze the first number of The African, (Vol. 1., No. 1.) July 23, 1859. It started with a high order of journalism, and occupied that elevated plane of Afro-American press work, inaugurated by The North Star.

Mr. Hamilton was, at this time, sole owner of the paper; but his brother Robert was associated with him in the