biography
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Russwurm, John Brown
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1799–1851)
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| biography:
| Journalist and public official, born in Port Antonio, Jamaica. In 1827, with John Cornish, he published the first US black newspaper, Freedom's Journal, dedicated to promoting black freedom and citizenship. In c.1828 he emigrated to Liberia, where he held public office and edited a newspaper. |
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