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By Ebony Flake ·Updated May 23, 2024
In 1827, formerly enslaved men founded the nation’s first Black-owned newspaper, Freedom’s Journal, in New York. Dedicated to political advocacy and suffrage, it vehemently condemned slavery and lynchings. Led by Senior Editor Samuel E. Cornish and Junior Editor John Brown
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