Philip Alexander Bell (1808–1889) was a 19th-century American newspaper editor and

abolitionist Abolitionism, or the abolitionist movement, is the movement to end slavery. In Western Europe and the Americas, abolitionism was a historic movement that sought to end the Atlantic slave trade and liberate the enslaved people. The British ...

. Born in New York City, he was educated at the

African Free School The African Free School was a school for children of slaves and free people of color in New York City. It was founded by members of the New York Manumission Society, including Alexander Hamilton and John Jay, on November 2, 1787. Many of its alum ...

and became politically active at the 1832

Colored Convention The Colored Conventions Movement, or Black Conventions Movement, was a series of national, regional, and state conventions held irregularly during the decades preceding and following the American Civil War. The delegates who attended these convent ...

. He began his newspaper career with for

William Lloyd Garrison William Lloyd Garrison (December , 1805 – May 24, 1879) was a prominent American Christian, abolitionist, journalist, suffragist, and social reformer. He is best known for his widely read antislavery newspaper ''The Liberator'', which he foun ...

's anti-slavery newspaper ''The Liberator'' 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 the United States, fugitive slaves or runaway slaves were terms used in the 18th and 19th century to describe people who fled slavery. The term also refers to the federal Fugitive Slave Acts of 1793 and 1850. Such people are also called freed ...

. In 1837, he founded ''The Weekly Advocate'' newspaper, edited by

Samuel Cornish Samuel Eli Cornish (1795 – 6 November 1858) was an American Presbyterian minister, abolitionist, publisher, and journalist. He was a leader in New York City's small free black community, where he organized the first congregation of black Pre ...

. The paper was later renamed ''The'' ''Colored American'' and co-owned by

Charles Bennett Ray Charles Bennett Ray (December 25, 1807 – August 15, 1886) was a prominent African-American minister and abolitionist who owned and edited of the weekly newspaper '' The Colored American''. Born in Massachusetts, he had most of his career and li ...

. In 1860, he moved to

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where he became co-editor of the

African-American newspaper African-American newspapers (also known as the Black press or Black newspapers) are news publications in the United States serving African-American communities. Samuel Cornish and John Brown Russwurm started the first African-American periodi ...

'' The Pacific Appeal.'' After the

Civil War A civil war or intrastate war is a war between organized groups within the same state (or country). The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government polic ...

he founded and edited '' The San Francisco Elevator'' during the Reconstruction Era. Bell died on April 24, 1889.

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American male journalists 19th-century American journalists African-American abolitionists African-American journalists 1808 births 1889 deaths Colored Conventions people {{US-journalist-stub

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