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Peter Farley Fossett (June 5, 1815 – January 3, 1901) was an enslaved laborer at Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's plantation, who after he attained his freedom in the mid-19th century, settled in Cincinnati where he established himself as a minister and caterer. He was a captain in the Black Brigade of Cincinnati during the Civil War. Fossett was an activist for education and prison reform. He was a conductor on the Underground Railroad. His remembrances, Once the slave of Thomas Jefferson, were published in 1898.
His wife, Sarah M. Fossett, was active in the church and Underground Railroad as well, but she was also noteworthy in her own right. Trained by a French specialist in New Orleans, she was a hairdresser to the elite women of Cincinnati's society. She was brought to Cincinnati by Abraham Evan Gwynne, the father of Alice Claypoole Vanderbilt. In 1860, she filed a suit after being denied passage on a streetcar, which resulted in the desegregation of streetcars in the city for African-American women. For twenty-five years, she was the manager of the Colored Orphans Asylum in Cincinnati.
Peter Farley Fossett (June 5, 1815 – January 3, 1901) was an enslaved laborer at Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's plantation, who after he attained his freedom...
James Stephen Fossett (April 22, 1944 – September 3, 2007) was an American businessman and a record-setting aviator, sailor, and adventurer. He was the...
by them many years after her death. As an elderly man, her grandson PeterFossett recalled how when he was a child, his free grandmother Mary gave him...
Edith Hern Fossett (1787–1854) was an African American chef who for much of her life was enslaved by Thomas Jefferson before being freed. Three generations...
public as a historic site in 1970. Biography portal Indiana portal PeterFossett, former enslaved person at Monticello who was a conductor of Coffin's...
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Drumgoold Jordan Winston Early (1814 – after 1894) Sarah Jane Woodson Early PeterFossett (1815 Monticello–1901) David George Moses Grandy William Green (19th...
of birth documentation for most enslaved individuals. List of slaves PeterFossett – American slave, minister, caterer, conductor on Underground Railroad...
Drumgoold Jordan Winston Early (1814 – after 1894) Sarah Jane Woodson Early PeterFossett (1815 Monticello–1901) David George Moses Grandy William Green (19th...
Drumgoold Jordan Winston Early (1814 – after 1894) Sarah Jane Woodson Early PeterFossett (1815 Monticello–1901) David George Moses Grandy William Green (19th...
Drumgoold Jordan Winston Early (1814 – after 1894) Sarah Jane Woodson Early PeterFossett (1815 Monticello–1901) David George Moses Grandy William Green (19th...
Drumgoold Jordan Winston Early (1814 – after 1894) Sarah Jane Woodson Early PeterFossett (1815 Monticello–1901) David George Moses Grandy William Green (19th...
Drumgoold Jordan Winston Early (1814 – after 1894) Sarah Jane Woodson Early PeterFossett (1815 Monticello–1901) David George Moses Grandy William Green (19th...
Drumgoold Jordan Winston Early (1814 – after 1894) Sarah Jane Woodson Early PeterFossett (1815 Monticello–1901) David George Moses Grandy William Green (19th...
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Drumgoold Jordan Winston Early (1814 – after 1894) Sarah Jane Woodson Early PeterFossett (1815 Monticello–1901) David George Moses Grandy William Green (19th...
gifted to him by Peter Franchot. Two editions of this artwork, by artist Benjamin Jancewicz, were purchased from Galerie Myrtis by Peter Franchot and his...
Drumgoold Jordan Winston Early (1814 – after 1894) Sarah Jane Woodson Early PeterFossett (1815 Monticello–1901) David George Moses Grandy William Green (19th...
enserfment. Slavery remained a minor institution in Russia until 1723, when Peter the Great converted the household slaves into house serfs. Russian agricultural...
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