Early 18th-Century Tombstone of Free Black Man Identified in Boston
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS—Live Science reports that conservationists identified the gravestone of a formerly enslaved man who […] The post Early 18th-Century Tombstone of Free Black Man Identified in…
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Gravestone of formerly enslaved man Sebastian, who died free in 1729, discovered in Boston
Experts have identified the gravestone of Boston, a free Black man who died in 1729.
Live Science·2d agoGravestone of formerly enslaved man Sebastian, who died free in 1729, discovered in Boston
Experts have identified the gravestone of Boston, a free Black man who died in 1729.
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