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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 ]
Samuel Cornish was a firm advocate for the full liberty of African Americans in the North and the abolition of slavery in the South. [17] Cornish, along with a group of other African-American activists, assembled at the home of community organizer Boston Crummell to create Freedom's Journal which would serve as a voice for the African-American ...
In 1759 Samuel Cornish took part in some battles against the French. When Spain entered the war early in 1762 Cornish was appointed Commander of an East Indies Squadron, who, together with soldiers of the 79th Regiment under William Draper were ordered to attack the Spaniards in the Philippines.
The Colored American was an African American newspaper published in New York City from 1837 to 1842 by Samuel Cornish, Phillip Alexander Bell, and Charles Bennett Ray. When Cornish retired, James McCune Smith joined as co-editor. [1] An announcement published in the newspaper
The Rights of All (May 1829–1830) was an African American abolitionist newspaper, founded in New York City by Samuel Cornish, a black Presbyterian minister and antislavery activist. The Rights of All replaced Freedom's Journal, the nation's first African-American newspaper, which had been founded by Cornish together with John Russwurm.
Samuel James Cornish (December 22, 1935 - August 20, 2018) was Boston’s first poet laureate. He was associated with the Black Arts Movement. He taught at Emerson College. Cornish was an educator, a bookseller, and a prolific poet who made sense of African American history and urban life through his poetry.
On March 16 of that year, 27-year-old [9] Russwurm, along with his co-editor Samuel Cornish, published the first edition of Freedom's Journal, an abolitionist newspaper dedicated to opposition of slavery. Freedom's Journal was the first newspaper in the United States to be owned, operated, published and edited by African Americans. [10]
From 1815 to 1822, he was the mentor of Samuel Cornish who spent his formative years in Philadelphia. [6] He served the First African Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia until he died of pneumonia in 1822. [5] [3]