john brown russwurm 1829john brown russwurm 1799 1851 is almost completely missing from the annals of the pan african movement despite the pioneering role he played as an educator abolitionist editor government official emigrationist and colonizationist. The discerning light that james focuses on russwurm is a significant contribution to the literature of the antislavery movement h shapiro choice magazine in this clearly written and widely researched biography winston james has brought back from unwarranted historical obscurity the life and work of the pan africanist john brown russwurm a pioneer in the struggle for freedom and . Download citation the struggles of john brown russworm the life and writings of a pan africanist pioneer 1799 1851 this is the most authoritative scholarly introduction so far to the life . The struggles of john brown russwurm the life and writings of a pan africanist pioneer 1799 1851. John brown russwurm 1799 1851 is almost completely missing from the annals of the pan african movement despite the pioneering role he played russwurms life is one of firsts first african american graduate of maines bowdoin college co founder of freedoms journal americas first newspaper to be owned operated and edited by african americans and following his emigration to