A. A. Burleigh

Biography

Rev. Angus Augustus Burleigh (c. 1845 – 1938), commonly known as A. A. Burleigh, was an American A.M.E. minister, teacher, and soldier. He was formerly enslaved, fought in the Union Army during the American Civil War, and was the first African American adult to attend and graduate in 1875 from Berea College in Kentucky.

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