Moses A. Hopkins
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Moses A. Hopkins
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Moses Aaron Hopkins was an African-American clergyman and educator who served as United States minister (ambassador) to Liberia in 1885–1886. He was the first formerly enslaved person to serve the United States in an ambassadorial / ministerial capacity. He died while in Liberia. Hopkins, born enslaved in Montgomery County, Virginia, was moved near Newbern in 1850, and escaped to serve in Union camps as a cook. He then briefly worked aboard steamships traversing the Ohio and Mississippi rivers.
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American diplomat
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_A._Hopkins
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2023-03-19T15:16:10Z
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