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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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 self-link
burialPlace Forest Hills Cemetery, Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: 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
surface form: Boston public schools
employer William Lloyd Garrison
ethnicGroup Black Americans
surface form: African American
familyName Nell
genre history
journalism
givenName William
hasGender male
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement abolitionism
American civil rights movement
surface form: 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 The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution
surface form: 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
surface form: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
placeOfDeath Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
religion Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism
residence Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: 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, Boston, Massachusetts hasNotableBurial William Cooper Nell
subject surface form: Forest Hills Cemetery
Forest Hills Cemetery hasNotableBurial William Cooper Nell
William Cooper Nell birthName William Cooper Nell self-link