Captain Paul Cuffee and his Mission to Sierra Leone
A biographical sketch of Paul Cuffee, son of a freed African slave, detailing his rise from a shackled life to captaincy. He built schools, funded a vessel fleet, and led color navigating voyages to Africa, England, and the West Indies. He died in 1817 at age fifty nine after promoting African colonization and education.
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Potter's Field Reveals Social Distinctions in Death
A New Orleans Picayune reflection on Potter's Field shows between dug graves for paying mourners and unknowns in common plots. The writer denounces class bias in burial practices while noting the rough, undistinguished headstones and neglected epitaphs marking the departed indigent.
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