The Seattle Republican

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The Seattle Republican
TypeWeekly newspaper
Founder(s) Horace R. Cayton Sr.
FoundedMay 19, 1894;129 years ago (May 19, 1894)
City Seattle
Country United States
ISSN 2157-3271
OCLC number 10328970

The Seattle Republican was a weekly newspaper in Seattle from 1894 to 1913, [1] and is considered Seattle's first successful newspaper for African Americans. [2] Its founder, Horace R. Cayton Sr. , was a former slave in the American South. [3] Clayton's wife, Susie Revels Cayton, was associate editor starting in 1900 and she contributed articles and short stories. [1] The newspaper sought to portray "the black race" in a positive manner and hoped to create harmony between races through open discussion of sensitive race issues. This upset white readership and likely contributed to the newspaper's closing. [1] The newspaper is part of the collection of the Library of Congress. [4]

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  2. "About The Seattle Republican". Chronicling America. Washington, DC: Library of Congress. Archived from the original on April 19, 2017.
  3. "Former slave becomes newspaper publisher". African American Registry. Archived from the original on May 25, 2018.
  4. "The Seattle Republican. [volume]".