Russwurm, John Brown, 1799-1851
Variant namesBorn in Jamaica to white merchant father and unknown black slave; in 1812 father and son moved to Portland, Me. Father remarried and John Russwurm attended Hebron Academy and Bowdoin College (first black man to graduate) ; after graduation in 1826 moved to New York City where became co-editor and publisher of Freedom's Journal; in 1829 moved to Liberia and worked as secretary for American Colonization Society, then as editor of Liberia Herald. Later became superintendent of education and the first black governor of the state of Maryland in Liberia. In 1850 he returned to Maine with his two sons, George and Francis, for a visit with step-mother, Sarah Hawes and sons became students at North Yarmouth Academy.
From the description of John Russwurm correspondence, 1851-1853. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 426159296
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| creatorOf | Russwurm, John Brown, 1799-1851. John Russwurm correspondence, 1851-1853. | Maine Historical Society Library | |
| referencedIn | Black journalists, then & now [manuscript], 1986-1987. | Oregon Historical Society Research Library |
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| associatedWith | Bowdoin College. | corporateBody |
| correspondedWith | Hall, James, d. 1889 | person |
| associatedWith | McFarlane, Bryan, | person |
| correspondedWith | Russwurm, Francis | person |
| correspondedWith | Russwurm, George | person |
| correspondedWith | Russwurm, Sarah McGill | person |
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| Liberia | |||
| Yarmouth (Me.) | |||
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| New York (State)--New York | |||
| Palmas, Cape (Liberia) |
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| African American college students |
| African American newspapers |
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Person
Birth 1799-10-01
Death 1851
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