Commemorative Meeting In Faneuil Hall — William Cooper Nell

Commemorative Meeting in Faneuil Hall


William Cooper Nell (1816 - 1874)

William Cooper Nell (1816-1874) was a pioneering African American abolitionist, historian, and civil servant. He's known for his early historical writings on Black Americans & activism in Boston's Beacon Hill community.

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This notice in The Liberator newspaper advertised the upcoming commemoration of the Boston Massacre and specifically the martyrdom of the first victim to fall, Crispus Attucks. This event, held in the spring of 1858, also used the opportunity of the commemoration to challenge the Supreme Court