The Struggles of John Brown Russwurm Chairs 1830-1870 explores Maine’s antebellum art

1830-1870 explores Maine’s antebellum art and architecture

By Richard Shain Cohen

Born in a small town in Maine

and Timothy O'Sullivan

they heroically saved the left flank of the Union battle line

The Struggles of John Brown Russwurm Chairs 1830-1870 explores Maine’s antebellum artBy Winston James John Brown Russwurm (1799 1851) is almost completely missing from the annals of the Pan African movement, despite the pioneering role he played as an educator, abolitionist, editor, government official, emigrationist, and colonizationist. Russwurm's life is one of "firsts": first African American graduate of Maine's Bowdoin College [class of 1826], co founder of Freedom's Journal, America's first newspaper to be owned, operated, and