William Cooper Nell

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William Cooper Nell was a 19th-century African American abolitionist, journalist, and historian known for his pioneering works on Black American history and civil rights activism.

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William Cooper Nell canonical 6

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instanceOf African American ⓘ
abolitionist ⓘ
historian ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
person ⓘ
advocatedFor desegregation of Boston public schools ⓘ
equal rights for African Americans ⓘ
associatedWith Boston Vigilance Committee ⓘ
William Lloyd Garrison ⓘ
birthName William Cooper Nell ⓘ
burialPlace Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston ⓘ
causeOfDeath stroke (probable) ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1816-12-16 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1874-05-25 ⓘ
describedBySource 19th-century African American abolitionist, journalist, and historian ⓘ
educatedAt Boston public schools ⓘ
employer William Lloyd Garrison ⓘ
ethnicGroup African American ⓘ
linked to: Black Americans
familyName Nell ⓘ
genre history ⓘ
journalism ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
hasGender male ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement abolitionism ⓘ
civil rights movement ⓘ
notableAchievement among the first published historians of African American military service ⓘ
helped secure desegregation of Boston schools in 1855 ⓘ
notableFor civil rights activism ⓘ
documenting African American participation in the American Revolution ⓘ
pioneering works on Black American history ⓘ
notableWork Services of Colored Americans in the Wars of 1776 and 1812 ⓘ
The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution ⓘ
occupation abolitionist ⓘ
author ⓘ
historian ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
participantIn abolitionist movement in the United States ⓘ
campaigns against racial segregation in Boston ⓘ
placeOfBirth Boston, Massachusetts, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Boston, Massachusetts, United States ⓘ
religion Protestantism ⓘ
residence Boston, Massachusetts, United States ⓘ
workedAt The Liberator ⓘ
wroteAbout African American soldiers in the American Revolution ⓘ
African American soldiers in the War of 1812 ⓘ

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Forest Hills Cemetery → hasNotableBurial → William Cooper Nell ⓘ
Forest Hills Cemetery → hasNotableBurial → William Cooper Nell ⓘ
William Cooper Nell → birthName → William Cooper Nell ⓘ
Mount Hope Cemetery, Boston → hasNotableBurial → William Cooper Nell ⓘ