Sharper Freeman - Reading, MA
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The grave of former slave Sharper Freeman is located in Laurel Hill Cemetery at 25 Lowell Street, Reading MA.
Waymark Code: WMZW3B
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 01/12/2019
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Sharper Freeman was one of about 5,000 African Americans, many of whom were slaves, who fought in the Revolutionary War. The inscription on the gravestone of Sharper Freeman provides and interesting glimpse of colonial history in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Kidnapped from Africa, enslaved Sharper Freeman served in the Continental Army and was awarded his freedom and a pension.
Location type: Single Grave
Date of Birth: unknown
Date of Death: January 1, 1822
Cause of death: Died Later
Grave Marker Text:
SHARPER FREEMAN
Kidnapped in Africa
when about 16 years of
age and enslaved. He was
a soldier in our army
of the Revolution for
which he received his
freedom and a pension.
He died January 1, 1833,
aged about 90 years.
Ranks:
Pvt.
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