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."
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."