ɪn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti wˈʌn, hiː ænd dʒˈoʊnəz ˈeɪtʃ. tˈaʊnsɛnd, dˈʌbəljˌuː. ˈeɪtʃ. nˈuːbi, ænd wˈɪljəm ˈeɪtʃ. hˈɔːl, pˈʌblɪʃt ðɪ ˈɔːltə kˌælɪfˈoːɹniə, "ðə stˈeɪtz ˈoʊnli ˈæfɹɪkənɐmˈɛɹɪkən nˈuːzpeɪpɚ."
In 1851, he and Jonas H. Townsend, W. H. Newby, and William H. Hall, published the Alta California, "the state's only African-American newspaper."