Dorcas ye blackmore

Dorcas ye blackmore
Bornc. 1620
Died1677 (aged 56–57)

Dorcas ye blackmore (c. 1620–after 1677) was one of the first African Americans to settle in New England whose name has survived in records. In 1641, she became the first known African American admitted to the local Puritan congregation.

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