William Cooper Nell

1816-1874

Name: William Cooper Nell

Birthplace: Boston

Status: Free Person of Color

Occupation/Training: Lecturer Journalist, and Historian

Residence: Boston

Abolitionist Involvement: A frequent reader of William Lloyd Garrison’s, Liberator, Nell joined the cause of the antislavery movement. He began working for the Liberator in the 1840’s. At many of the antislavery functions in Boston, he was Garrison’s personal representative. He became active in the Underground Railroad, until ill health forced him to withdraw from such activities. He continued to write, and in 1855 wrote a comprehensive history of Black Revolutionary war patriots, called The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution. In protest to the Dred Scott decision, Nell organized the very first Crispus Attucks celebration in America.

After the war ended, Nell became a party in recognizing the efforts of the Black soldiers in the Civil War. He died in Boston in 1874.

Family: Parents--William and Louise Cooper.

Place of Death: Boston

Publications/References: William Cooper Nell: Crusading Black Abolitionist by Robert P Smith

More Information:
http://www.dpw-archives.org/dpw.wcn.html

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