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John Hanson (April 14 [O.S. April 3] 1721 – November 15, 1783) was an American Founding Father, merchant, and politician from Maryland during the Revolutionary Era. In 1779, Hanson was elected as a delegate to the Continental Congress after serving in a variety of roles for the Patriot cause in Maryland.
The posts, which often feature a black-and-white photo of a man in glasses, also claim Hanson was the very first U.S. president, even before George Washington. ... The John Hanson who was Black ...
John Hanson (died c. 1860) was an African American politician in Liberia. He served in Colonial Council and as a senator from Grand Bassa County following Liberia's independence in 1847. He was born into slavery, but he purchased his freedom and emigrated from Baltimore to Liberia at age thirty-six. [ 2 ]
2 Hanson, John ( an African American) 3 April 2007 revisions. 1 comment. 4 John Hanson was Black: Fact or Fiction? 1 comment. 5 The 2 dollar bill picture of John Hanson.
Hanson was not the only man to lead the Continental Congress before George Washington's ascension, but he was the first. The foundation for America's modern government was laid during that term.
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John Joseph Hansen Madarang was apprehended after driving his silver Lexus IS200t into two men at the corner of 9th and Olive streets. Wrong-way driver arrested for DUI in downtown L.A. after ...
Abraham Lincoln described himself c. 1838–39 as a "long black fellow" [42] and his "complexion" in 1859 as "dark", [43] but whether he meant either in an ancestral sense is unknown. The anti-Lincoln Charleston Mercury described him as being "of ... the dirtiest complexion", [ 44 ] as part of anti-abolitionist race-baiting. [ 12 ]