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Gowan Pamphlet was born into slavery in 1748. [5]In the 1770s, he was enslaved as a house slave by tavern owner and widow Jane Vobe (1733–1786). [6] Multiple Black persons enslaved by Vobe "learned to read the Bible and took part in formal Church of England services at Bruton Parish Church," possibly including Pamphlet. [5]
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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 ...
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Free woman of color with quadroon daughter (also free); late 18th-century collage painting, New Orleans.. In the British colonies in North America and in the United States before the abolition of slavery in 1865, free Negro or free Black described the legal status of African Americans who were not enslaved.
The term African American was popularized by Jesse Jackson in the 1980s, [7] although there are recorded uses from the 18th and 19th centuries, [352] for example, in post-emancipation holidays and conferences. [353] [354] Earlier terms also used to describe Americans of African ancestry referred more to skin color than to ancestry.
First free African-American community: Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose (later named Fort Mose) in Spanish Florida. [17] 1739. September 9 – In the Stono Rebellion, South Carolina slaves gather at the Stono River to plan an armed march for freedom. [18] 1753. Benjamin Banneker designed and built the first clock of its type in the Thirteen ...
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