Talk:John Brown Russwurm

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If he came from Jamaica, is he still considered an African-American? --Mo-Al 02:59, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
 * If he became a U.S. citizen at some point, yes. TruthbringerToronto 04:25, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

African-American graduate
This article indicates he was the third African-American to graduate from an American college - the 'Alumni of Bowdoin College' says the second - which is correct?? --Dumarest 22:52, 23 February 2007 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure where you're getting the 'second' info from, so I can't say. I checked out the refs and they all seem to say 'first from BC, thought third in US colleges overall'.  Where's your original source?  If it's the Bowdoin College article, I just changed it to say he was the first 'cause the refs in this article all agree on first.  WLU 19:58, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

From the List of Bowdoin College people [John Brown Russwurm 1826, second black college graduate in the United States; founder of Freedom's Journal, America's first black newspaper (1827); governor of Maryland County in Liberia (1836-41)] --Dumarest 11:39, 15 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Wikipedia, ironically, does not count as a reliable source. I'd stick with the external figures.--WLU 13:29, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Then I would guess I or you ought to edit the List of Bowdoin College people article to correct the fault. --Dumarest 17:16, 15 April 2007 (UTC)


 * I volunteer you for the task :) I spent far too long bringing the article for an obscure American publisher up to scratch already.  WLU 17:44, 15 April 2007 (UTC)


 * I have a valid reference, and will shortly fix the varying places. --Dumarest 11:22, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Done --Dumarest 17:25, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Immigration to Maryland
The text indicates he encouraged immigration "to" Maryland. That can't really be correct - he was the governor of the Maryland section of Liberia, so it would be immigration to that section, not simply Maryland - unless the meaning should be "from" Maryland. --Dumarest 12:06, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

Personal Life/Burial
While doing field research in Harper, Maryland County in 1990, I managed to locate J. B. Russwurm's grave in an overgrown area which I had had cleared by local help. There is no statue of him there as the article states, but a monument; an obolisk (about 6 feet high) on a square base, with some fascinating notations on it.

Andrewsvoros (talk) 04:32, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

Mixed Race?
I wonder what is the usefulness of the term "mixed race," particularly when used with historical figures who called themselves Black? The phrase "mixed race" contains in itself the implication of pure races. But you must question if there is someone who is not mixed. Self-designated terms like Black, African American, Latino, Asian American, etc., convey political (not in the sense of political parties) self-representations. I suggest we talk about it and consider what are the most common self-designated terms. Historiador (talk) 05:31, 1 December 2015 (UTC)
 * His father was not English at all; the father was a British Colonial American whose father was a German immigrant to Virginia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2003:8C:4C6C:7200:4474:F803:6588:B800 (talk) 18:07, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
 * His father John R. Russwurm was born in Virginia in 1761 to German immigrants, see https://mainernews.com/radical-mainers-the-making-of-a-maine-abolitionist-pan-africanist-pioneering-black-journalist/ and https://scholarworks.umb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1303&context=masters_theses 2003:C0:DF3C:5800:A9A3:9724:D689:30FD (talk) 12:39, 18 January 2023 (UTC)


 * The family name Russwurm/Russworm is thoroughly German and not Anglo-Saxon. A noble family of that name is known to have originated in Franconia, the Northern part of Bavaria.

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New Research about Liberian History
There’s a Scholar by the name of Kau Fahnbulleh who’s been debunking lies about Liberian Presidents. Please watch the YouTube channel Focus on Liberia Presidential Series https://www.youtube.com/live/GrO7zJJJ9Cs?si=GqLiKnpUZDLcfP76 Knewton140 (talk) 17:20, 10 October 2023 (UTC)