Yarrow Mamout
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Death | 201 years ago |
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Born | Guinea |
Date of died | January 19,1823 |
Died | Georgetown |
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D.C. | |
United States | |
Date of birth | January 1,1736 |
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ID | 818261 |
Yarrow Mamout Life story
Yarrow Mamout was a formerly enslaved African entrepreneur and property owner in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. An educated Fulani Muslim, he gained his freedom in 1796 after 44 years as a slave. James Alexander Simpson and Charles Willson Peale painted his portrait, Peale's being held in the Philadelphia Museum of Art.