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William Cooper Nell (December 16, 1816 – May 25, 1874) was an American abolitionist, journalist, publisher, author, and civil servant of Boston, Massachusetts, who worked for the integration of schools and public facilities in the state.
- William Cooper Nell, Jr.; Frank Ames Nell
- Frances Ann (Ames) Nell
- May 25, 1874 (aged 57), Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
- December 16, 1816, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
May 25, 2021 · Born December 16, 1816 to activist parents and raised in the free Black community of Beacon Hill, William Cooper Nell became one of Boston's most influential and respected community leaders. As a teenager, Nell helped organize the Juvenile Garrison Independent Society, an abolitionist youth organization.
Born December 16, 1816 and raised in the free Black community of Beacon Hill, William Cooper Nell became one of Boston's most influential and respected community leaders. Much of his life centered on and around Smith Court. As a student, he attended school at the African Meeting House.
Jan 18, 2007 · William C. Nell was an African American civic activist, abolitionist, and historian. Born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts, Nell was the son of William Guion Nell, a prominent tailor and black activist. William C. Nell was introduced to racial inequality and black activism from birth.
William Cooper Nell, the United States' first Black historian, was an intellectual and abolitionist who became an integral part of The Liberator's staff and advocate for Black rights.
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William Cooper Nell, a Black lecturer, journalist, abolitionist, and historian, was born on this date in 1816. He was born in Boston to William and Louise Cooper. A frequent reader of William Lloyd Garrison’s “Liberator,” Nell joined the antislavery movement and began working for the Liberator newspaper in the 1840s. At many of the ...
William Cooper Nell (1816-1874) was an abolitionist who challenged ideas about black racial inferiority by writing about and celebrating black achievement. His work was a response to those who defended slavery by arguing that blacks were incapable of citizenship.
