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"Black Jacob" Link
From Cheryl M. Harmon, August 14, 2003
Hello. The website was directed to me by a colleague and I have already started the exploration. I was proud to remember my little bit of high school Latin to interpret the meaning of the name of the website. Thank you so much for the efforts. I live near Fort Hunter and will try to find to the graveyard. I only recently met the Midland Cemetery Preservationists and found an old friend, Clayton, featured on the link.
I am enclosing a link to a book on the Michigan State University's digital library. It is the story of an African in 1800s Philadelphia from the American Sunday School Union.
"Black Jacob," A Monument of Grace. The Life of Jacob Hodges, An African Negro, Who Died in Canandaigua, N.Y., February, 1842, Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, 1842
Cheryl M. Harmon
Education Administration Associate
Division of School Facilities, PDE