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William C. Nell

(Nell, William C. (William Cooper), 1816-1874)

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William Cooper Nell (December 16, 1816 – May 25, 1874) was an American abolitionist, journalist, publisher, author, and civil servant of Boston, Massachusetts, who worked for the integration of schools and public facilities in the state. Writing for abolitionist newspapers The Liberator and The North Star, he helped publicize the anti-slavery cause. He published the North Star from 1847 to 1851, moving temporarily to Rochester, New York. (From Wikipedia)

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Books by William C. Nell:

Nell, William C. (William Cooper), 1816-1874: The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution, With Sketches of Several Distinguished Colored Persons; To Which Is Added a Brief Survey of the Condition And Prospects of Colored Americans (Boston: Robert F. Wallcut, 1855) (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)

Additional books by William C. Nell in the extended shelves:

Nell, William C. (William Cooper), 1816-1874: Colored Americans (1902), also by Charles Simpson Butcher and H. T. Kealing (page images at HathiTrust)
Nell, William C. (William Cooper), 1816-1874: Colored Americans (Philadelphia, Pa. : A.M.E. Pub. House, 1894., 1894), also by Randall K. Burkett and A.M.E Publishing House (page images at HathiTrust)
Nell, William C. (William Cooper), 1816-1874: Colored Americans in the Wars of 1776 and 1812, contrib. by H. T. Kealing and Wendell Phillips (Gutenberg ebook)
Nell, William C. (William Cooper), 1816-1874: Faneuil Hall commemorative festival, March 5th, 1858. Protest against the Dred Scott "decision." ... : On the 5th day of March, 1783, William Cooper, town clerk, made a motion ... that the celebration of the 5th of March, from henceforth, shall cease ... In accordance therewith, there has not been a public celebration of the 5th of March since 1783. In view of the alarming spread of despotism in these United States ... the subscriber has, after mature deliberation, concluded, that now is the timely and significant hour ... and, therefore, invites his fellow-citizens and friends to a public commemoration of the 88th anniversary of the Boston Masacre, to be observed in Faneuil Hall, on Thursday evening, March 5th, 1858. (1858), also by Randall K. Burkett, Frederick G. Barbadoes, and Edward Lawrence Balch (page images at HathiTrust)

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