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Jude Hall

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Jude (Judas) Hall was an African-American soldier in the American Revolutionary War. He served from 1775 to 1783, one of the longest serving soldiers either Black or white, and earned his freedom from slavery. After the war, he married and settled in Exeter, New Hampshire, where his homestead is still known as Jude's Pond.

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