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Renty Taylor
Slave in the United States (c. 1775 - after 1866)
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Renty Taylor (c. 1775 – after c. 1866), also known as Papa Renty, was an African man of the 18th and 19th centuries. Born in the Congo Basin, he was captured and enslaved and brought to the United States and sold as a slave. He worked on the cotton plantation owned by Benjamin Franklin Taylor.
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🇺🇸 Slavery Photos of Renty Get a ‘Final Resting Place,’ Ending a Fight With HarvardThe images of a father known as Renty and his daughter Delia will be honored today in a ceremony by their new steward, a museum in South Carolina....
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