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This is a non-diffusing parent category of Category:18th-century African-American women The contents of that subcategory can also be found within this category, or in diffusing subcategories of it. This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:18th-century American people .
The population of enslaved African Americans in North America grew rapidly during the 18th and early 19th centuries due to a variety of factors, including a lower prevalence of tropic diseases. [41] Colonial society was divided over the religious and moral implications of slavery, though it remained legal in each of the Thirteen Colonies until ...
Edith Cumbo (c. 1735 – ?) was a free mixed-race Black woman and entrepreneur who lived in Williamsburg, Virginia. Her life story is taught in the Advanced Placement American history curriculum to illustrate the challenges that free African Americans faced during the period of the American Revolution. Early life and family Edith Cumbo was born in around 1735 in Charles City County, Virginia ...
Gowan Pamphlet (1748–1807) was an American Baptist minister and freedman who founded the Black Baptist Church (now known as First Baptist Church) in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States. [1] [2] He was one of the first and, for a time, the only ordained African American preacher of any denomination in the American Colonies. [3] [4]
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Hill was the first African American clockmaker and the only African American clockmaker working during the late 18th century and early 19th century. [1] Around 1814, Hill moved his business to Mount Holly, New Jersey. [6] On February 29, 1820, Hill purchased a large house in Mount Holly. [6] He died in December of that same year. [6]
1526. The first African slaves in what would become the present day United States of America arrived on August 9, 1526, in Winyah Bay, South Carolina.Spanish explorer Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón led around six hundred settlers, including an unknown number of African slaves there, in an attempt to start a colony.
Elizabeth Freeman (c. 1744 – December 28, 1829), also known as Mumbet, [a] was one of the first enslaved African Americans to file and win a freedom suit in Massachusetts.The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruling, in Freeman's favor, found slavery to be inconsistent with the 1780 Constitution of Massachusetts.