Boston King - CAR1
Title
Boston King - CAR1
Identifier
CAR1
Subject
African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans, Carpenters
Source
Boston King, “Memoirs of the Life of Boston King, A Black Preacher,” The Methodist Magazine 21 (March 1798), 106–10, and 21 (April 1798), 15.
Date
1760 - 1802
Trade
Carpenter
Gender
Male
Enslaver
Richard Waring
Home Location
Charleston, South Carolina
Events
1. Self-emancipated from Richard Waring
2. Gained his freedom after fleeing to British lines during the American Revolution
3. Married in 1781 and relocated to New York
4. Moved to Nova Scotia as a British Loyalist
5. Moved to Sierra Leone in 1792
6. Wrote a memoir in 1796
2. Gained his freedom after fleeing to British lines during the American Revolution
3. Married in 1781 and relocated to New York
4. Moved to Nova Scotia as a British Loyalist
5. Moved to Sierra Leone in 1792
6. Wrote a memoir in 1796
Item Type
Memoir
Notes
Boston King's Memoir is available online through George Mason University's History Matters - http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6615/
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Collection
Citation
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