USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Published by Elihu Embree at Jonesborough in 1820, the Emancipator was the first newspaper in the United States solely devoted to the abolition of slavery.

Detailed explanation-2: -After writing numerous abolitionist petitions to state and national governments, Embree began publishing The Emancipator in April 1820. The Jonesborough monthly became the first publication in the United States devoted exclusively to the antislavery cause.

Detailed explanation-3: -*Elihu Embree was born on this date in 1782. He was a white-American abolitionist and the brain trust of the Genius of Universal Emancipation, one the first newspapers in the United States devoted exclusively to the cause of abolishing slavery.

Detailed explanation-4: -Emancipator This collection is a 1932 facsimile of the original publication created in Jonesborough, Tennessee by Elihu Embree in 1820. The Emancipator was the first newsletter in the U.S. solely devoted to the abolition of slavery.