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From: Debbie <>
Subject: [NewCastle] ANTHONY – DELAWARE’S FIRST KNOWN BLACK SET TLER
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 18:38:52 -0500

ANTHONY – DELAWARE’S FIRST KNOWN BLACK SETTLER

A black man named Anthony was among the first permanent settlers of New
Sweden. He came to the colony from the West Indies in 1639 aboard the
Swedish ship Vogel Grip. Records indicate that Black Anthony became a
free man named Antoni Swart, an employee of Governor Johan Printz, who
cut hay and sailed Printz’s sloop during the 1640’s and 1650’s.

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