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'''William Cooper Nell''' (December 16, 1816 – May 25, 1874) was an American [[Historian]] who wrote [[The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution]].
'''William Cooper Nell''' (December 16, 1816 – May 25, 1874) was a black American [[historian]] who wrote [[The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution]].
==Life and Works==
He was born December 16, 1816, and raised in Boston, Massachusetts, where he knew segregation and activism since birth.<ref>http://www.blackpast.org/aah/nell-william-c-1816-1874</ref> In 1851, he became an assistant to [[Frederick Douglass]], and later published his "Colored American Patriots" pamphlet (with preface by [[Harriet Beecher Stowe]]), about the blacks of the American Revolution such as [[Crispus Attucks]] of the Boston massacre.<ref>http://www.aaregistry.org/historic_events/view/william-c-nell-pioneering-black-historian</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.blackpast.org/aah/nell-william-c-1816-1874 Nell, William C. (1816-1874)], BlackPast.org
* [http://www.blackpast.org/aah/nell-william-c-1816-1874 Nell, William C. (1816-1874)], BlackPast.org
* [https://librivox.org/author/5922 Works by William Cooper Nell - text and free audio] - [[LibriVox]]
* [https://librivox.org/author/5922 Works by William Cooper Nell - text and free audio] - [[LibriVox]]
* [http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/nell/nell.html Complete text] of "Colored American Patriots"
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[[Category:Historians]] [[Category:American Authors]]
[[Category:Historians]] [[Category:American Authors]]