Captain Paul Cuffee (1759-1817)

John Pole

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Title: Captain Paul Cuffee (1759-1817)
Description: Captain Paul Cuffee (1759-1817)
Bibliographic Citation: Engraved for Abraham. L. Pennock by Mason & Maas., from a drawing by John Pole, M.D., of Bristol, England. - Library of Congress, Public Domain
Creator: John Pole
Bibliographic Citation Republished: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5963709
Type: image
Language: English
Rights: Public Domain
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5963709
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Identifier: unionist--image-0164
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Category: Image
Related Transcription: unionist--text-0092
Location of Related Text in Issue: 1833-09-05 p01.18
Caption: Captain Paul Cuffee (1759-1817). It is remarkable that these trials, in their effort to legitimate Black citizenship, became ersatz workshops in an emerging understanding of Black history. While the Black students at the Canterbury Female Academy likely knew much of this, the significance given to the history of figures like Paul Cuffee, let alone the immediate bearing of these trials on their education, likely made the knowledge ever more deeply resonant.