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Elizabeth A. Gloucester

1817–1883

United States

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Elizabeth Amelia Gloucester (née Parkhill; 1817 – August 9, 1883) was one of the wealthiest black African-American women at the time of her death and was a supporter of the Underground Railroad and a business owner.

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