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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 · Born sometime in 1780, William Custis Costin was the son of Ann Dandridge, a woman of mixed Indigenous, Black, and white ancestry, and a white man belonging to “a prominent family in Virginia.” 1 Costin was allegedly both the nephew and grandson of Martha Washington.
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 · 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.
10 de ago. de 2021 · U.S. Capitol Historical Society. 873 subscribers. Subscribed. 6. 223 views 2 years ago. On the occasion of his untimely death in 1842, the businessmen of Capitol Hill commissioned a very striking...
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7 de nov. de 2022 · William Costin, an African-American residing on Capitol Hill during the early years of Washington City, was honored at his sudden death in 1842 by a large funeral procession and the commissioning of a remarkable lithograph portrait labeled “A tribute to worth by his Friends.”
