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John Paris

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I represent John Paris. I was one of two documented free people of color in the British colony of West Florida. I and Stephen Williams were apprentices of Jeremiah Terry, a Pensacola entrepreneur. At the end of our indentures, we probably qualified as skilled craftsmen.

Sources: 12, 53

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