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Paul Cuffe, also known as Paul Cuffee (January 17, 1759 – September 7, 1817) was an African American businessman, whaler and abolitionist. Born free into a multiracial family on Cuttyhunk Island, Massachusetts, Cuffe became a successful merchant and sea captain.
Biography. Paul Cuffe, a Brief Biography. Paul Cuffe was born on Cuttyhunk Island, at the west end of the Elizabeth Islands chain in Massachusetts, on January 17, 1759. He was the seventh child and fourth son of Cuff Slocum, an emancipated slave from West Africa, and Ruth Moses, a Native American woman from Cape Cod.
8 mag 2024 · Paul Cuffe (born January 17, 1759, Cuttyhunk Island, Massachusetts [U.S.]—died September 7, 1817, Westport, Massachusetts, U.S.) was an American shipowner, merchant, and Pan-Africanist who was an influential figure in the 19th-century movement to resettle free black Americans to Africa.
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About this Website. This website is dedicated to documenting current and ongoing research about the lives of Cuff Slocum, Paul Cuffe, Michael Wainer, and their descendants and associates.
Paul Cuffee, a sea captain and an entrepreneur who was perhaps the wealthiest black American of his time, led the first Back-to-Africa effort in the early 1800s.
23 mag 2018 · The African American ship captain, merchant, and philanthropist Paul Cuffe (1759-1817) was active in the campaign for civil rights for blacks and Native Americans in Massachusetts. He is best known for his pioneering efforts to settle free African Americans in West Africa.
20 mag 2024 · Paul Cuffe’s Revolutionary American Life and Legacy. Paul Cuffe was the first Black American to formally meet with a sitting president at the White House, but his contributions to American society reverberate far beyond this brief encounter. Ben Railton
