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Elihu Embree

American abolitionist

Died when: 38 years 23 days (456 months)
Star Sign: Scorpio

 

Elihu Embree

Elihu Embree (November 11, 1782 – December 4, 1820) was an abolitionist in Jonesborough, Tennessee and publisher of Manumission Intelligencier (later renamed as The Emancipator).

Founded in 1819, it was the first newspaper in the United States devoted exclusively to the cause of abolishing slavery.


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