Samuel Cornish
American Presbyterian minister (1795-1858) · United States · On the map · Journalists · Died at 63
Samuel Eli Cornish was an American Presbyterian minister, abolitionist, publisher, and journalist. He was a leader in New York City's small free black community, where he organized the first congregation of black Presbyterians in New York.
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In 1827 he became one of two editors of the newly founded Freedom's Journal, the first black newspaper in the United States. In 1833 he was a founding member of the interracial American Anti-Slavery Society.
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United States
Category
Journalists
Type
Journalist
Status
Deceased
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Lived 1795 to 1858 · aged 63
