Jeffery Brace: First African American Citizen of Poultney, Vermont & Author of the Blind African Slave

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Jeffery Brace: First African American Citizen of Poultney, Vermont & Author of the Blind African Slave

Jeffery Brace, a former slave, was taken from West Africa, around 1750. He was a veteran of the American Revolutionary War. Brace became the first African-American citizen, of Poultney, Vermont. Brace was born around 1742 with the African name 'Boyrereau Brinch', in the Kingdom of Bow-Woo, West Africa. He was captured and sold into slavery […]

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