"We wish to plead our own cause. Too long have others spoken for us"
Doesn't that quote still ring very true for many of us today? Those words were spoken by Samual Cornish and John B. Russwurm on the front page of Freedom's Journal, the very 1st black owned and operater newspaper that was ever published in the US. This was a weekly publication in New York from 1827 to 1829.
Freedom's Journal denounced slavery and advocated for black people's political rights, the right to vote, and spoke out against lynchings. As a paper of record, Freedom's Journal published birth, death and wedding announcements. To encourage black achievement it featured biographies of renowned black figures such as Paul Cuffee, a black Bostonian who owned a trading ship staffed by free black people, Touissant L'Ouverture and poet Phyllis Wheatley. The paper also printed school, job and housing listings.
Just another Black History Fact for ya. It's something I didn't know so I thought I would share.
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Well great fact,I have heard of Touissant only because there was a boy I went to school with and guess what his name was :) Touissant!!! We all asked where in the world did your Dad/Mom ever find that name.....
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