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Charles Bowles

1761–1843

United States

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Charles Bowles (October 20, 1761 – March 16, 1843) was an American itinerant preacher and Free Will Baptist who preached across Vermont and established the first church in Huntington, Vermont. He served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Bowles was African American.

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