Singleton, Benjamin, 1809-1900
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Singleton, Pap, 1809-1900
Father of the Exodus, 1809-1900
Moses of the Colored Exodus, 1809-1900
Father of the Black Exodus, 1809-1900
Singleton, Ben, 1809-1900
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found: "Pap" Singleton, the Moses of the Colored Exodus, 1909:t.p. ("Pap" Singleton) p. 61, etc. (Benjamin Singleton, Father of the Exodus; b. 1809, Nashville, d. 1892; former slave, leader in Black movement to the West, esp. Kansas)
found: PBS Home page: New perspectives on the West, 10/21/99People in the West biographical dictionary (Benjamin "Pap" Singleton, 1809-1892)
found: Quincy daily journal, Feb. 17, 1897:p. 6 (Pap (Ben) Singleton; b. 1809; lives at 923 W. 8th St. [Kansas City]; former slave of Orville Shelby, father of General Joe [i.e. Jo] Shelby; transcript of interview with him at the viewing of General Shelby's remains, originally published in the previous day's Kansas City star [Feb. 16, 1897])
found: Kansas City star, Feb. 18, 1900:p. 1 (Benjamin Singleton; d. yesterday [Feb. 17, 1900], 923 W. 8th St., aged 91; former slave, who always boasted that he was once owned by General Jo Shelby's father; after the war he was instrumental in getting a band of Negroes to leave the South for the Northern states; said to have written a book of his slave days which is in the possession of the Kansas Historical Society)
found: Missouri birth & death records database(Singleton, Benj.; d. Feb. 17, 1900, at 923 W. 8th St. [Kansas City], Jackson County, aged 90)
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1999-10-21: new
2011-09-26: revised
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