The Emancipator
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Originally founded in 1819 by Elihu Embree
, the son of a Quaker minister, as the Manumission Intelligencier
, The Emancipator was an abolitionist newspaper. It was renamed in 1820 and then sold to Benjamin Lundy
in 1821 when it became The Genius of Universal Emancipation.
Elihu Embree
Elihu Embree was an abolitionist and the publisher of the first newspaper in the United States devoted exclusively to the cause of abolishing slavery.-Early life:...
, the son of a Quaker minister, as the Manumission Intelligencier
Manumission Intelligencier
The Manumission Intelligencier was an abolitionist newspaper founded by Elihu Embree, a Quaker, in 1819. It was later renamed The Emancipator and then sold to another Quaker, Benjamin Lundy, and renamed The Genius of Universal Emancipation....
, The Emancipator was an abolitionist newspaper. It was renamed in 1820 and then sold to Benjamin Lundy
Benjamin Lundy
Benjamin Lundy was an American Quaker abolitionist from Ohio who established several anti-slavery newspapers and worked for many others...
in 1821 when it became The Genius of Universal Emancipation.