Jose Julian Acosta
(1825–1891)

journalist and a leader of the Puerto Rican abolishment movement was born on May 27, 1825, in San Juan. He received his primary and secondary education from Rafael Cordero. In 1867, he was a member of the Puerto Rican Commission, which participated in the
Overseas Information Committee in Madrid, Spain. The commission advocated for the abolition
of slavery and political reforms at the local level. On November 1870, he became a leading
member of the Liberal Reformist Party. He also collaborated to the foundation of “El Progreso”
(Progress) newspaper, of which he was editor. In 1873, he became the president of the Liberal
Reformist Party. He died on August 26, 1891, in San Juan