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oil on canvas 29 x 24 in. (73.7 x 61 cm) PROVENANCE PROVENANCECollection of George J. Arden, New YorkCaptain Paul Cuffee is an important figure in American history and especially African-American history. His father was a freed black slave, and mother an Aquinnah Wampanoag Native American. Growing up in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, Cuffee was eventually beckoned by the sea. Eventually he would become a wealthy and influential shipowner and businessman. A great deal of his life and energy was spent trying to improve the plight of African-Americans in the United States, but also to supporting colonization of African countries such as Sierra Leone with Americans of African descent.


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Date:
2009-11-22

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