by Carmen Burns | May 2, 2023 | Uncategorized
Have you ever heard about Captain Paul Cuffee? Cuffee was a sailor, businessman, and abolitionist who sued for the right to vote in 1780, just years after America declared its independence from Britain Portrait of a Black Sailor (Paul Cuffe?) via LACMA Cuffee was born...
by Carmen Burns | May 2, 2023 | Uncategorized
Paul Cuffee (1759-1817) A man of great energy and resolve, Paul Cuffee was born on the tiny island of Cuttyhunk, eleven miles offshore of New Bedford, MA. He was the seventh of ten children of Kofi Slocum, a freed African slave, and Ruth Moses, a Wampanoag Indian. His...
by Carmen Burns | Feb 27, 2017 | Uncategorized
In honor of Black History Month, all month long we will be sharing the legacies and stories of the heroes, sheroes, and events in the fight for Black suffrage on social media under the hashtag #VRABlackHistory. Follow us on Twitter (@VRAmatters) to share your own...
by Carmen Burns | Feb 25, 2017 | Uncategorized
In honor of Black History Month, all month long we will be sharing the legacies and stories of the heroes, sheroes, and events in the fight for Black suffrage on social media under the hashtag #VRABlackHistory. Follow us on Twitter (@VRAmatters) to share your own...
by Carmen Burns | Feb 22, 2017 | Uncategorized
In honor of Black History Month, all month long we will be sharing the legacies and stories of the heroes, sheroes, and events in the fight for Black suffrage on social media under the hashtag #VRABlackHistory. Follow us on Twitter (@VRAmatters) to share your own...
