Cuffee

It was known as Cuffee's Stone, and the story was that a slave escaping from his master, and hiding in the swamp, had carried the stone there to build his fire upon.

Shapes that Haunt the Dusk Henry Mills Alden 1877

"Cuffee," I continued, "I want that Lieutenant who is staying in your mistress 'house."

Fagots from the campfire, Louis J Dupre 1881

One Morris, of Cambridge, writes a moving petition that his slave "Cuffee," who had joined the army, should be restored to him, his lawful master.

A Half-Century of Conflict - Volume II Francis Parkman 1858

Paul resented the fact that their last name was the name of the man who had enslaved his father, so Paul persuaded his brothers and sisters to use their father's English first name, "Cuffee", as their family name.

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I mean to question 'Cuffee' on the subject, "and he beckoned to John, who was passing at no great distance.

Cousin Maude Mary Jane Holmes 1866

As the Cuffee commercial enterprises continued to prosper, he expanded by purchasing a 200-acre farm, a gristmill, and by building ships large enough to enable him to purchase and deliver freight internationally.

Paul Cuffee - Historic Economic Hero 2009

Cuffee found the residents of Sierra Leone very receptive to his prescription for reviving Black industry.

Paul Cuffee - Historic Economic Hero 2009

However, Cuffee had “impeccable mercantile credentials, proof of registry at Bedford, Massachusetts, and receipts from such reliable merchant houses as William Rotch and Sons.”

Paul Cuffee - Historic Economic Hero 2009

Cuffee declared: “Blacks would be better off in Africa, where we could rise to be a people.”

Paul Cuffee - Historic Economic Hero 2009

Cuffee hoped that a strong Black nation could trade with Great Britain and the United States and that educated “free Negroes” from America could provide the much needed technology.

Paul Cuffee - Historic Economic Hero 2009