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Philip Alexander Bell | |
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| Born | 1808 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | 1889 (aged 80–81) San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Newspaper editor |
| Years active | 1830-1889 |
| Known for | Opposition to slavery, support for black citizenship and suffrage in the United States |
| Notable work | Weekly Advocate, Pacific Appeal, The Elevator |
Philip Alexander Bell (1808–1889) was an American newspaper editor and abolitionist.
Born in New York City to an African American family, he was educated at the African Free School[1] and became politically active at the 1832 Colored Convention. He began his newspaper career with William Lloyd Garrison's anti-slavery newspaper The Liberator[1] and became an outspoken voice on a variety of social and political of issues of the day including abolition, suffrage, and the protection of fugitive slaves.
In 1837, he founded The Weekly Advocate newspaper, edited by Samuel Cornish. The paper was later renamed The Colored American and co-owned by Charles Bennett Ray. In 1860, he moved to San Francisco where he became co-editor of the African-American newspaper The Pacific Appeal, working alongside Peter Anderson. After the Civil War he founded and edited The San Francisco Elevator during the Reconstruction Era.[2][3][4][5]
Bell died on April 24, 1889.[6]
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[edit]- 1 2 "P.A. Bell: Abolitionist". www.lincolnshrine.org. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
- ↑ Perry, E.L.; Alexander, L. (2010). Encyclopedia of African American History. American Ethnic Experience. ABC-CLIO. p. 324. ISBN 978-1-85109-769-2. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
- ↑ George William Gore, Negro Journalism: An Essay on the History and Present Conditions of the Negro Press, University Microfilms, 1922
- ↑ Lara Langer Cohen, Jordan Alexander Stein, Early African American Print Culture, University of Pennsylvania Press, Sep 6, 2012
- ↑ Jan Batiste Adkins, African Americans of San Francisco, Arcadia Publishing, 2012
- ↑ Beasley, Delilah (1919). The Negro Trail Blazers of California. Los Angeles. p. 252.
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