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William Obediah Robey

1820–1888

United States

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William Obediah Robey (c. 1820 – 1888) was an American Presbyterian minister and teacher in Leesburg, Virginia. He is the first African-American known to have taught school in Loudoun County, Virginia and was the first African-American member of the Leesburg Presbyterian congregation.

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