American Historical Newspapers Combined search over African American Newspapers (1827-1998), Early American Newspapers Series 13 (The American West, 1803-1916) and Series 18 (Racial Awakening in the Northeast, 1825-1879). Digitized full text historic databases covering a century and half of the African American experience in the Antebellum South through the Civil Rights movement; society, business, scientific advances, investigative journalism, and human-interest stories in the American West (24 states west of the Mississippi River); and vivid accounts of people, organizations, and political cultures in mid-19th century New England during a critical time of racial awakening and social justice.