He was born in the year 1719 in Goochland, Virginia.Sources 3, 4
He died on March 28, 1775 in Little Twitty's Fort, Between Richmond &, Berea, Madison County (near Lexington) Kentucky, he was 56 years old.Sources 3, 5
He is buried in Richmond, Madison County, Kentucky, United States of America.Source 3
March 8 » An anonymous writer, thought by some to be Thomas Paine, publishes "African Slavery in America", the first article in the American colonies calling for the emancipation of slaves and the abolition of slavery.
April 20 » American Revolutionary War: The Siege of Boston begins, following the battles at Lexington and Concord.
May 20 » The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence is allegedly signed in Charlotte, North Carolina.
June 14 » American Revolutionary War: the Continental Army is established by the Continental Congress, marking the birth of the United States Army.
October 18 » African-American poet Phillis Wheatley is freed from slavery.
October 18 » American Revolutionary War: The Burning of Falmouth (now Portland, Maine).
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