Elihu Embree

Elihu Embree (November 11, 1782 – December 4, 1820) was an abolitionist in Jonesborough, Tennessee, and publisher of Manumission Intelligencier (later renamed as The Emancipator). Founded in 1819, it was the first newspaper in the United States devoted exclusively to the cause of abolishing slavery.[1][2]

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  2. ^ An earlier anti-slavery newspaper, The Philanthropist, was published in Mount Pleasant, Ohio. However, The Philanthropist also covered topics other than slavery.

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