In its “Summary” and “Domestic News” sections, "Freedom’s Journal" published crimes committed almost entirely by White people, showing an attempt to undo associations of black people with criminality. The paper linked criminality to Whiteness, typically taking a full column of the newspaper to report on previously published crimes throughout the entire nation. The White crimes reported were violent and serious: murder, and in the North, kidnapping. "Freedom's Journal" juxtaposed White victims of White criminal offenses with enslaved victims of White crime, creating a counter-discourse to the association of Black Americans with inherent lawlessness. For example, the April 27th, 1827 issue of "Freedom's Journal" lists three murders in its "Summary" section: "'Randall W. Smith of Lexington, Ken. has been tried, and found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to the penitentiary seven years, for killing Dr. Brown. He is to be tried for shooting a Mr. Christopher at the same fire'; 'A woman of the name of Hanford, with one of her sons, has been committed to prison in Wilton, Conn. on a charge of having murdered another son'; and 'The Frankfort, (Ky.) Argus, of the 4th inst. contains an advertisement offering a reward of $200 for the apprehension of Ewing Hogan, who was murdered by John Wells. One item is worthy of notice in the description of Hogan—a part of his nose has been bitten off!'" The "Summary" and "Domestic News" sections disappeared, however, after Samuel Cornish left the paper in 1827, signaling a larger shift in the paper all together.