John B. Russwurm House
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The John B. Russwurm House is an historic house in the Back Cove neighborhood of Portland, Maine
. It was the residence of American
abolitionist and Liberia
n colonist John Brown Russwurm
. Russwurm lived in the house intermittently from 1812-1827.
Portland, Maine
Portland is the largest city in Maine and is the county seat of Cumberland County. The 2010 city population was 66,194, growing 3 percent since the census of 2000...
. It was the residence of American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
abolitionist and Liberia
Liberia
Liberia , officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Sierra Leone on the west, Guinea on the north and Côte d'Ivoire on the east. Liberia's coastline is composed of mostly mangrove forests while the more sparsely populated inland consists of forests that open...
n colonist John Brown Russwurm
John Brown Russwurm
John Brown Russwurm was an American abolitionist from Jamaica, known for his newspaper, Freedom's Journal. He moved from the United States to govern the Maryland section of an African American colony in Liberia, dying there in 1851....
. Russwurm lived in the house intermittently from 1812-1827.