Samuel E. Cornish

American abolitionist, minister, and publisher

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In Freedom’s Journal
Samuel Cornish, a Presbyterian minister, and John Brown Russwurm, one of the first African Americans to graduate from a U.S. college, were chosen senior editor and junior editor, respectively. The newspaper’s first issue, which was four pages long, appeared on March 16, 1827.
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