We Wish to Plead Our Own Cause

We Wish to Plead Our Own Cause

“‘We wish to plead our own cause. Too long have others spoken for us.’
Thus declare Samuel Cornish and John B. Russwurm on the front page of Freedom’s Journal, the first African-American owned and operated newspaper published in the United States.
The Journal was published weekly in New York City from 1827 to 1829.”
— “Freedom’s Journal”
Georgetown University Library / Wisconsin Historical Society