David Ruggles was born in Norwich, Connecticut, in 1810. After moving to New York City in 1829, he worked as a grocer. Ruggles joined the anti-slavery movement and in 1833, he began working for the journal, Emancipator and Public Morals. The following year, he became America's first Afro-African bookseller when he opened a bookstore near […]

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