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Day, William Howard, -1900


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    • Day, William, -1900
    • Day, William Howard, d. 1900
    • Day, Wm. Howard (William Howard), -1900
    • Day, Wm. (William), -1900
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    • Day, William Howard, d. 1900
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    • found: Grant or Greeley--which, 1872:t.p. (Wm. Howard Day)
    • found: NUC pre-1956(Day, William Howard)
    • found: Black biography, 1790-1950, 1991(Day, William Howard; b. 10/16/1825 or ca. 1830 or 10/16/1831; d. 12/3/1900; Afro-American educator, religious worker, author, journalist, abolitionist, printer, political figure, reformer, lecturer, explorer, missionary)
    • found: MWA/NAIP files(hdg.: Day, William Howard, d. 1900; usage: Wm. Howard Day; note: not best known as an author)
    • found: Slavery in America shown to be peculiarly abominable, 1841:t.p. (Wm. Day)
    • found: RLIN, 3/26/98(hdgs.: Day, William; Day, William Howard; Day, William Howard, d. 1900; usage: Wm. Day, Prof. Wm. Howard Day, William Day)
    • found: African American National Biography, accessed December 12 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Day, William Howard; educator, newspaper editor / publisher; born 16 October 1825 in New York, New York, United States; he enrolled at Oberlin College in Ohio (1843-1847); soon after graduating, he was hired by the Cleveland True Democrat as a reporter, compositor, and local editor; he later published and edited the Aliened American (1853-1854), which aimed to promote education and defend the rights of African Americans; the failure of his newspaper and increasing discrimination prompted Day and his family to immigrate to Canada. later he spent four years in Britain lecturing against slavery and working with the African Aid Society; after his return from Britain in 1863, he had become actively involved in the with the American Freedmen's Friend Society and the AME Zion Church; in 1872 he moved to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, after purchasing a local newspaper, Progress of Liberty, and changing its name to Our National Progress, it published simultaneously in Harrisburg and Philadelphia; Wilmington, Delaware; Camden, New Jersey; and New York City; was elected to the Harrisburg School Board in 1878; died 02 December 1900 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States)
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    • 1992-05-13: new
    • 2015-12-12: revised
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