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Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Paul Cuffee, (1759-1812. One source says 1817.) Witness to the Faith among the Shimnecock

    Canticle 14


you, O Lord,
are the God
of those 
who repent, 
and in me 
you will 
show forth 
your goodness
The son of a freed  African slave and a  Wampanoag Indian, he was an evangelist and preacher among the Native American living on Long Island.
He is mentioned in Uncle Tom’s Cabin and there is still  a  school named for him in Providence.


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