USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Elihu Embree (1782-1820), was a slave owner whose Quaker family had prospered in the iron manufacturing industry in Greene County. As an active member of the Manumission Society of Tennessee he decided to print a newspaper to spread the anti-slavery message and press for gradual emancipation.

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: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Emancipator, published in 1820 in Jonesborough, Tennessee, by Elihu Embree, was the first newspaper in the United States devoted entirely to the abolitionist cause.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Emancipator | Tennessee Encyclopedia. First page of the first issue of The Emancipator, April 30, 1820.