Russworm, John:

(1799-1851)

Along with Samuel Cornish, Russworm established The Freedom's Journal, in 1827, the first African American newspaper that was dedicated to anti-slavery cause. Russworm was born in Jamaica as a slave but was moved to the United States while growing up. Eventually he ended up in New York City, where he started the Freedom's Journal.

Russworm also played a large role in the American Colonization Society that created a colony in Liberia to move African Americans back to Africa. He became a part of the leaders of the colony and even started another newspaper there. He lived in Liberia until his death in 1851.

source:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brown_Russwurm

Horton, James Oliver, and Lois E. Horton. Slavery and the Making of America. New York: Oxford, 2006.  96.