Freedom's Journal
First African-American owned and operated newspaper published in the United States (1827-1829)
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Freedom's Journal
Summary
Freedom's Journal is a weekly newspaper[1]. It draws 30 Wikipedia views per month (weekly_newspaper category, ranking #11 of 86).[2]
Key Facts
- Freedom's Journal is located in New York City[3].
- Freedom's Journal is in the country of United States[4].
- Freedom's Journal's image is recorded as Freedom's Journal, Vol. 1 No. 3, front page.png[5].
- Freedom's Journal's instance of is recorded as weekly newspaper[6].
- Freedom's Journal's editor is recorded as John Brown Russwurm[7].
- Freedom's Journal's editor is recorded as Samuel Cornish[8].
- Freedom's Journal's owned by is recorded as John Brown Russwurm[9].
- Freedom's Journal's owned by is recorded as Samuel Cornish[10].
- Freedom's Journal's OCLC number is recorded as 1570144[11].
- Freedom's Journal's place of publication is recorded as New York City[12].
- Freedom's Journal's Commons category is recorded as Freedom's Journal[13].
- Freedom's Journal's language of work or name is recorded as English[14].
- +1827-03-16T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Freedom's Journal[15].
- Freedom's Journal's publication date is recorded as +1829-03-28T00:00:00Z[16].
- Freedom's Journal's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07zhdz[17].
- Freedom's Journal's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Freedoms-Journal[18].
- Freedom's Journal's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "Freedom's Journal"}[19].
- Freedom's Journal's newspaper format is recorded as tabloid[20].
- Freedom's Journal's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject African diaspora[21].
- Freedom's Journal's copyright status is recorded as public domain[22].
- Freedom's Journal's copyright status is recorded as public domain[23].
- Freedom's Journal's BlackPast.org ID is recorded as african-american-history/freedom-s-journal-1827-1829[24].
Body
Founding
+1827-03-16T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Freedom's Journal[15].
Ownership
Owners include John Brown Russwurm[9], a journalist[25], 1799–1851[26], of Jamaica[27], awarded the National Association of Black Journalists Hall of Fame[28] and Samuel Cornish[10], a journalist[29], 1795–1858[30], of United States[31], awarded the National Association of Black Journalists Hall of Fame[32].
Why It Matters
Freedom's Journal draws 30 Wikipedia views per month (weekly_newspaper category, ranking #11 of 86).[2]