COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, Nov 21, 1795  The back page begins with a poem titled: "Negro's Prayer".  This poem a remarkable anti-slavery poem that purported to have been written by an enslaved Black man in Virginia around 1790. The poem circulated in American newspapers and abolitionist literature during the 1790s, a period when debates over slavery were becoming increasingly prominent in the new United States.
The poem is written as a direct appeal to God. The speaker asks why enslaved Africans, who are equal in the eyes of Heaven, must endure kidnapping, sale, forced labor, hunger, cold, whipping, and lifelong bondage. It vividly describes Africans being "stolen or sold in Africa" and "imported to America," comparing their treatment to livestock.
What makes the poem historically significant is that it presents slavery from the viewpoint of the enslaved rather than the enslaver. At a time when many Americans accepted slavery as normal, the poem challenged readers to view the institution through Christian morality.
Page 2 has a letter signed in type by the famous: Horatio Nelson, concerning recent naval events.
Four pages, a 2 by 2 3/4 piece is clipped from the bottom not affecting the mentioned content, otherwise in good condition.