Freedom's Journal

Freedom's Journal
Volume 1, no.3, March 23, 1827
TypeWeekly newspaper
FormatTabloid
Owner(s)John Brown Russwurm
Samuel Cornish
PublisherCornish & Russwurm
EditorJohn Brown Russwurm
Samuel Cornish
FoundedMarch 16, 1827
LanguageEnglish
Ceased publicationMarch 28, 1829
HeadquartersNew York City
OCLC number1570144

Freedom's Journal was the first African American owned and operated newspaper published in the United States.[1][2] Founded by Rev. John Wilk and other free Black men in New York City, it was published weekly starting with the March 16, 1827 issue.[3] Freedom's Journal was superseded in 1829 by The Rights of All, published between 1829 and 1830 by Samuel Cornish, the former senior editor of the Journal.[4] The View covered it as part of Black History Month in 2021.[5]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference PBS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Danky, James Philip; Hady, Maureen E. (1998). African-American newspapers and periodicals : a national bibliography. Mark Graham. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press. p. 240. ISBN 978-0-674-00788-8.
  3. ^ Freedom's Journal (New York, New York), March 16, 1827: 1. Readex: African American Newspapers.
  4. ^ Andrews; William L.; Frances Smith Foster; Trudier Harris (1997). The Oxford Companion to African American Literature. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-506510-7. OCLC 35305158.
  5. ^ "'The View' celebrates Black History Month by highlighting those who changed history". ABC News. Retrieved 2021-02-22.