He was also an enslaver. The Emancipator / Anne G Fellers-Mason / May 1, 2024 “Describing his history as an enslaver as ‘the worst acts of the worst part’ of his life, he expressed his hope that this ...

The Emancipator was founded and published in Jonesborough by Quaker Elihu Embree. He was a former slave owner who experienced a transformative awakening and became an abolitionist.

From his Washington County, Tenn., hometown, Elihu Embree financed and published the first newspaper in the world dedicated to ending slavery. The year was 1820.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The Emancipator was the first abolitionist newspaper ever published in the United States. It was created by a Tennessean named Elihu Embree. This week it relaunched in Boston ...

The story of Nancy, an enslaved woman owned by Jonesborough abolitionist Elihu Embree will be told next month with an original play. The play "Nancy" was written by Anne G’Fellers-Mason ...