biography
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| male
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| lived:
| (1870–1935)
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| biography:
| Bibliophile and book collector, born near South Boston, Virginia, USA. A son of former slaves, he worked for many years as a Pullman porter. On his travels he collected a library of 9000 books related to black history and culture, now in the New York Public Library. |
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