L'Union (American newspaper)
| "A Political, Literary, and Progressive Journal" (motto) | |
Inaugural Edition of L'Union on September 27, 1862 | |
| Founder(s) | Louis Charles Roudanez Jean Baptiste Roudanez Paul Trévigne |
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| Editor | Frank F. Barclay |
| Founded | September 27, 1862 |
| Language | French English |
| Ceased publication | July 19, 1864 |
| City | New Orleans, Louisiana, United States |
| Readership | Free people of color in the New Orleans area |
L'Union was the first African-American newspaper in the Southern United States. The newspaper was based in New Orleans, Louisiana, and was published from 1862 to 1864. Articles in L'Union were written in the French language, with the newspaper's primary readership being free people of color in the New Orleans area, especially in the faubourgs Marigny and Tremé.