John Russwurm
By: Janice Borzendowski ; senior consulting editor, Nathan Irvin Huggins.
Contributors: Huggins, Nathan Irvin, 1927-
Series: Black Americans of achievement
Publisher: Chelsea House Publishers
Published: 1989
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 110
Subjects: Russwurm, John Brown, 1799-1851 -- Juvenile literature.; Russwurm, John Brown, 1799-1851.; Abolitionists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; African American abolitionists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; African Americans -- Colonization -- Liberia -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.; Journalists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Newspaper editors -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Abolitionists.; Journalists.; Newspaper editors.; African Americans -- Biography.; Liberia -- History -- To 1847 -- Juvenile literature.
Genres: Juvenile literature.; Biography; Biography.
Description: Traces the life and achievements of the early spokesman against slavery who expressed his anti-slavery views in "Freedom's Journal," the first American newspaper owned and operated by Blacks.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 108.
Includes index.