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Benjamin "Pap" Singleton
1809–1900
United States
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Benjamin "Pap" Singleton (August 15, 1809 – February 17, 1900) was an American activist and businessman best known for his role in establishing African American settlements in Kansas. A former slave from Tennessee who escaped to freedom in Ontario in 1846, he returned to the United States, settling for a period in Detroit. He became a noted abolitionist, community leader, and spokesman for African-American civil rights.
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