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Pyrrhus Concer: Born A Slave, Died A Legend

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Pyrrhus Concer ferries passengers on Lake Agawam. Courtesy Southampton Historical Museum

Pyrrhus Concer ferries passengers on Lake Agawam. Courtesy Southampton Historical Museum

Pyrrhus Concer Courtesy Southampton Historical Musuem

Pyrrhus Concer Courtesy Southampton Historical Musuem

Pyrrhus Concer

Pyrrhus Concer

authorDana Shaw on Oct 2, 2013
Pyrrhus Concer was born a slave in Southampton in 1814, but he lived a free man from the age of 21 until his death at age 83 in 1897. During... more

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