Samuel Cornish | |
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 1825 engraving by Francis Kearney | |
| Born | Samuel Eli Cornish 1795 |
| Died | November 6, 1858 (aged 62–63) |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Notable credit(s) | Freedom's Journal Colored American Rights of All |
Samuel Eli Cornish (1795 – November 6, 1858) 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.[1] 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.
- ^ Hudson, Wade, Powerful Words (2004) New York: Scholastic Inc., p. 13