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    John Brown Russwurm (October 1, 1799 – June 9, 1851) was a Jamaican-born American abolitionist, newspaper publisher, and colonist of Liberia, where he...
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    mixed-race governor, John Brown Russwurm (1799–1851), who served as governor for more than a dozen years, until his death. Russwurm encouraged the immigration...
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    appointed its first black governor, John Brown Russwurm (1799–1851), who remained governor until his death. Russwurm encouraged the migration of African-Americans...
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    territories. The newspaper founders selected Samuel Cornish and John Brown Russwurm as senior and junior editors, respectively. Both men were community...
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    and Liberian colonist John Brown Russwurm. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The Russwurm House is located on the...
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    31%. In fact, admission of minorities goes back at least as far as John Brown Russwurm 1826, Bowdoin's first African-American college graduate and the third...
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  • Scots historian John Brown Russwurm, abolitionist John Crocker, officer in the British Army John Roberts, 18th-century Irish architect John Stephenson (coachbuilder)...
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    shape of Russwurm Island, which was named after the first black governor of Maryland In Africa (later Republic of Maryland), John Brown Russwurm. This island...
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    Brown Russwurm. New York, NY: New York University Press. pp. 28–29. ISBN 978-0-8147-4289-1. James, Winston (2010). The Struggles of John Brown Russwurm. New...
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    describe him as a slave of Deacon William Brown, though it is unclear whether Brown was his original owner. In 1750 Brown advertised for the return of a runaway...
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