Samuel Cornish
Samuel Cornish (
1790 -
1859) was an
African-American abolitionist,
journalist, and
Presbyterian minister. He was born in Sussex County, Deleware to free parents. In 1815, he moved to
Philadelphia. After moving to
New York City in 1821, Cornish organized a congregation of black Presbyterians. When Samuel was ordained in 1822, this parish was officially established as the
New Demeter Street Presbyterian Church, making it the first black Presbyterian Church. In 1833 Cornish joined the
American Anti-Slavery Society. Samuel Cornish and John Russwurm, started the first black newspaper in 1887, calling it
Freedom's Journal.
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