Pittsfield Sun, Thursday, March 3, 1870, Page One, Courtesy Genealogy Bank
Death of a Former Albanian
A colored man named Thomas Cole, who was born a slave in this city 83 years ago, recently died at Conway, Mass. He lived here in serfdom for over 20 years, then fled to Conway, where he has worked among farmers. From his carefully saved earnings his bills during dotage were paid, and more than $2,000 remaining to revert, according to his will, to the American Missionary Society, and his sister in this city. – Albany Argus
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