John Russwurm
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He and Samuel Cornish established Freedom\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Journal as a platform for African Americans to assert the imperatives of freedom and racial equality. The newspaper\u00e2\u0080\u0099s influence was widespread and is credited with inspiring William Lloyd Garrison to launch the Liberator in 1831."}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "An ardent abolitionist, Russwurm initially opposed the efforts of the American Colonization Society to send free Black people to its West African colony of Liberia. When he became convinced, however, that the civil rights of African Americans would never be recognized in the United States, he immigrated to Liberia in 1829. After serving as editor of the Liberia Herald, Russwurm was appointed as the first Black governor of Maryland in Liberia, the independent Liberian settlement established by the Maryland State Colonization Society."}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Nacido en Puerto Antonio, Jamaica"}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "John Russwurm, uno de los primeros afroamericanos graduados de universidad en Estados Unidos (Bowdoin, 1826), cofund\u00c3\u00b3 el primer peri\u00c3\u00b3dico negro del pa\u00c3\u00ads en 1827. Con Samuel Cornish estableci\u00c3\u00b3 el Freedom\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Journal como plataforma para que los afroamericanos expusieran los imperativos de libertad e igualdad racial. La influencia del peri\u00c3\u00b3dico fue amplia y se le atribuye haber inspirado a William Lloyd Garrison a publicar el Liberator en 1831."}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Abolicionista ferviente, Russwurm se opuso inicialmente a los esfuerzos de la Sociedad Americana de Colonizaci\u00c3\u00b3n por enviar afroamericanos libres a Liberia, su colonia en \u00c3\u0081frica Occidental. Sin embargo, en 1829 \u00c3\u00a9l mismo emigr\u00c3\u00b3, convencido de que Estados Unidos nunca reconocer\u00c3\u00ada los derechos civiles de los afroamericanos. Russwurm fue editor del Liberia Herald y m\u00c3\u00a1s tarde primer gobernador negro de Maryland en Liberia, el asentamiento independiente establecido por la Sociedad de Colonizaci\u00c3\u00b3n del Estado de Maryland."}, {"label": "Provenance", "content": "Library of Congress; transferred 1979 to NPG"}], "creditLine": [{"label": "Credit Line", "content": "National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; transfer from the Library of Congress"}], "name": [{"label": "Artist", "content": "Unidentified Artist"}, {"label": "Sitter", "content": "John Russwurm, 1 Oct 1799 - 9 Jun 1851"}], "topic": [{"label": "Topic", "content": "Costume\\Dress Accessory\\Tie"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "John Russwurm: Male"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "John Russwurm: Politics and Government\\Governor"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "John Russwurm: Journalism and Media\\Journalist"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "John Russwurm: Society and Social Change\\Reformer\\Abolitionist"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "John Russwurm: Education and Scholarship\\Administrator\\Superintendent"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "Portrait"}], "physicalDescription": [{"label": "Medium", "content": "Oil on canvas"}, {"label": "Dimensions", "content": "Stretcher (Verified): 20.6 \u00c3\u0097 16.2 cm (8 1/8 \u00c3\u0097 6 3/8\")"}, {"label": "Dimensions", "content": "Frame (Verified): 25.4 \u00c3\u0097 20.6 \u00c3\u0097 2.5 cm (10 \u00c3\u0097 8 1/8 \u00c3\u0097 1\")"}, {"label": "Dimensions", "content": "Emphasis Panel: 60 \u00c3\u0097 55.1 cm (23 5/8 \u00c3\u0097 21 11/16\")"}], "dataSource": [{"label": "Data Source", "content": "National Portrait Gallery"}], "objectRights": [{"label": "Restrictions & Rights", "content": "CC0"}], "objectType": [{"label": "Type", "content": "Painting"}]}}, "url": "edanmdm:npg_NPG.79.252", "hash": "b43be23c6f733a905588edef431d9a3f668e0b2e", "docSignature": "a92553594be0cdf4231d0909d26aa5a2", "timestamp": 1665046589, "lastTimeUpdated": 1665046523, "title": "John Russwurm"}