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Prince Greene

1752–1819

United States

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Prince Greene (1752 – July 4, 1819) was a Black violinist who lived in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. In 1777, while he was enslaved by Richard Greene, he enlisted as a Private in the 1st Rhode Island Regiment to pursue his freedom in the Continental Army during the American Revolution. In 1781, while an active duty soldier, Greene was court-martialed for an incident that resulted in the death of Edward Allen, a white civilian.

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