Background
Nell, William Cooper was born on December 20, 1816 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William G. and Louisa M. Nell.
Nell, William Cooper was born on December 20, 1816 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William G. and Louisa M. Nell.
Studied law office William I. Bowditch, Boston.
In Massachusetts for equal rights for Negro. Petitioned Massachusetts Legislature to allow Negroes into public schools. Assisted Frederick Douglass in publication of North Star, 1851.
Clerk United States Post Office, Boston, (1st Negro to hold post in Federal government), 1861-1874.
Author: Services of Colored Americans in the Wars of 1776 and 1812 (pamphlet), 1851. The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution, 1855.