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To: Fred Nerks
Jacob Anderson, who was noted in port record upon departure from the U.S. as an 18-year-old African-American...

Betcha a dollar that is not what's recorded in the port record.

5 posted on 03/08/2019 3:07:59 PM PST by NativeSon ( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the Disco)
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To: NativeSon
from the ABC AU article:

Professor Paterson scoured the historical records to identify the men, including the captain, and wrote his findings in the international journal Antiquity. "The historical records show that on Connecticut's departure, Captain Crocker was 33 years old, while Jacob Anderson was described as an 18-year-old seaman from New London of 'black complexion' — almost certainly an African-American sailor," he wrote.

Seems the actual record stops at black complexion the rest is Professor Paterson being politically correct...

6 posted on 03/08/2019 3:25:27 PM PST by Fred Nerks (fair dinkum)
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