WILLIAM COOPER NELL (1816-1874)
Author, Journalist

Effectively ran an employment agency out of The Liberator office for more than twenty years. Nell placed advertisements in Garrison's weekly newspaper for African Americans seeking employment and sometimes for employers seeking employees. He also promoted black entrepreneurial careers through occasional articles in the weekly, such as “Business Enterprise of Colored People in Boston” and “Colored Artisans.” Nell dedicated his life to the integration of African Americans into American society and culture. He contributed as an anti-slavery journalist, Garrisonian abolitionist activist, and Boston intellectual.