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William Costin (c. 1780 - May 31, 1842) was a free African-American activist and scholar who successfully challenged District of Columbia slave codes in the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia.
9 de dic. de 2019 · William Costin live and worked in Washington, D.C. for many years, becoming a prominent member of the free Black community. Library of Congress. For a number of reasons, there are some doubts surrounding the nature of these relationships.
5 de jun. de 2023 · The man’s name was William Costin, and he was listed in the 1820 census as “colored.” He was also probably Martha Washington’s grandson—the child of her son from her first marriage, John...
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Ancestry of William Costin. William Costin (1780-1842) was a respected figure in early Washington, DC’s free black community, serving as a porter for the Bank of Washington for over twenty years and raising a large family in the Capital Hill neighborhood.
22 de dic. de 2020 · SUBSCRIBE! William “Will” Costin was found dead in his own bed on the morning of May 31, 1842. Washington City’s leading newspaper, the Daily National Intelligencer, reported the passing of this “free colored man, aged 62 years,” then praised Costin’s years of service to the Bank of Washington, the capital’s largest.
Lost Capitol Hill: William C. Costin. William Costin (LOC) I recently watched a lecture given by Steve Livengood of the Capitol Historical Society about those who lived on Square 688 just southeast of the Capitol. While most who lived there were exactly the kinds of people you would expect – doorkeepers of the House and Senate, for instance ...
10 de ago. de 2021 · 6. 223 views 2 years ago. On the occasion of his untimely death in 1842, the businessmen of Capitol Hill commissioned a very striking lithograph portrait of William Costin, entitled, “A tribute...
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