 Volume 1, no.3, March 23, 1827 | |
| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | John Brown Russwurm Samuel Cornish |
| Publisher | Cornish & Russwurm |
| Editor | John Brown Russwurm Samuel Cornish |
| Founded | March 16, 1827 |
| Language | English |
| Ceased publication | March 28, 1829 |
| Headquarters | New York City |
| OCLC number | 1570144 |
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Black men in New York City, it was published weekly starting with the March 16, 1827 issue.[3] Freedom's Journal was superseded in 1829 by The Rights of All, published between 1829 and 1830 by Samuel Cornish, the former senior editor of the Journal.[4] The View covered it as part of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]
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PBSwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ 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.
- ^ Freedom's Journal (New York, New York), March 16, 1827: 1. Readex: African American Newspapers.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "'The View' celebrates Black History Month by highlighting those who changed history". ABC News. Retrieved 2021-02-22.