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Edith Cumbo

1735–

United States

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Edith Cumbo (c. 1735 – ?) was a free mixed-race Black woman and entrepreneur who lived in Williamsburg, Virginia. Her life story is taught in the Advanced Placement American history curriculum to illustrate the challenges that free African Americans faced during the period of the American Revolution.

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