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Prospectus for an anti-slavery paper: To be entitled North Star, c1851. 'Frederick Douglass Proposes to publish, in Rochester, N.Y., a WEEKLY ANTI-SLAVERY PAPER, with the above title. The object of the NORTH STAR will be to attack SLAVERY in all its forms and aspects; advocate UNIVERSAL EMANCIPATION; exalt the standard of PUBLIC MORALITY; promote the Moral and Intellectual Improvement of COLORED PEOPLE; and hasten the day of FREEDOM to the Three Millions of our ENSLAVED FELLOW COUNTRYMEN. The Paper will be printed upon a double medium sheet, at $2,00 per annum, if paid in advance, or $2,50, if payment be delayed over six months. The names of Subscribers may be sent to the following named persons, and should be forwarded, as far as practicable, by the first of November, proximo. FREDERICK DOUGLASS, Lynn, Mass. SAMUEL BROOKE, Salem, Ohio. M. R. DELANY, Pittsburgh, Pa. VALENTINE NICHOLSON, Harveysburgh, Warren Co. O. Mr. WALCOTT, 21 Cornhill, Boston. JOEL P. DAVIS, Economy, Wayne County, Ind. CHRISTIAN DONALDSON, Cincinnati, Ohio. J. M. M'KIM, Philadelphia, Pa. AMARANCY PAINE, Providence, R. I. Mr. Gay, 142 Nassau Street, New York'. The paper commenced publication on December 3, 1847, and ceased as The North Star in June 1851, when it merged with Gerrit Smith's Liberty Party Paper.