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Lemuel Brooke Research Paper

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He was born by an african father and a white mother
Haynes had a passion for books especially the bible
He was a minute man for the local militia shop in connecticut
He wrote a lengthy ballad sermon of the battle of lexington in april 1775
The poem emphasized the conflict between slavery and freedom
Haynes turned down the opportunity to study at dartmouth college http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part2/2p29.html http://www.blackpast.org/aah/haynes-lemuel-1753-1833

Leadership Abilities / Contributions during time period
Lemuel Haynes is the first African American that as ordained by a established Protestant Church in the United States. He was also a preacher. Other than him being Protestant and a religious leader, he was a minuteman for the …show more content…

He was a minuteman for the local militia to help stop the British. He protested against the British. Since he loved to read and write, he wrote poems and stories. Those poems and stories would reach out to people about what the British are doing. Also it would tell what life was life in the war. Since he was telling what the British were doing, the Tories (stayed for the British) might change to patriots and support the Americans.

Personal life:
Lemuel Haynes was born by an African father and a white mother on July 18, 1753 in West Hartford, Connecticut. His father was a enslaved for a plantation ran by John Haynes. Lemuel’s parents abandoned him and nobody wanted him. Haynes had a passion for books especially the bible. Lemuel Haynes turned down the opportunity to study at the University of Dartmouth. Haynes was a minute man for the local militia shop in Connecticut. Lemuel Haynes wrote many poems about the war. Also he wrote about slavery and how slavery was bad. Lemuel was the first African American to receive the Honorary Master of Arts Degree from Middlebury college. He died when he was 80 years old in

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