The first blacks of Portsmouth: Historical New Hampshire / Valerie Cunningham.
- Title:
- The first blacks of Portsmouth: Historical New Hampshire / Valerie Cunningham.
- Author:
- Cunningham, Valerie.
- Call Number:
- 977.8 N5321h
- Publication Information:
- Concord, NH: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1989.
- Physical Description:
- p. [180] - 201.
- Source:
- Vol. 44, No. 4 (Winter, 1989( Historical New Hampshire.
- Description:
- The first known black person in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, came from the west coast of Africa in 1645. By 1775, there were some 656 blacks in New Hampshire, most of them in and around Portsmouth, where 187 of them were slaves (about 4% of the population). The importation of slaves to Portsmouth was not a major business, but it occurred frequently enough to be unremarkable. In the late 18th century, many slaves were able to negotiate their own freedom as Portsmouth's economy changed and owning slaves became unprofitable.
- Language:
- English.
- Locations:
- Portsmouth (N.H.) Race relations 18th century.
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