Peleg Nott

Peleg Nott

18th-century African American leader

📍 Hartford, Connecticut USA

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Peleg Nott was an African American leader who in 1780 became the Black Governor of Connecticut, an elected office that nominally presided over the state's Black community, estimated at 5,885 people at the time. Although they held little real political power, these governors were elected by fellow African Americans according to traditional African custom, generally in accordance with their reputations for probity and influence and their owners' prestige.

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