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Peter Burnet
1764–1847
United States
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Biography
Peter Burnet (or Black Peter) (1764 – 2 August 1847) was a freeborn African American man who emigrated to Paisley, where he lived for over sixty years and worked as a weaver. He is thought to be the first African American to live in Paisley and was a close friend of the poet Robert Tannahill.
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