Benjamin "Pap" Singleton

American activist

Benjamin "Pap" Singleton (1809 – February 17, 1900) was an American activist and businessman best known for his role in establishing African American settlements in Kansas. A former slave from Tennessee who escaped to freedom in Ontario, Canada in 1846, he soon returned to the United States, settling for a period in Detroit, Michigan. He became a noted abolitionist, community leader, and spokesman for African-American civil rights.

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Benjamin "Pap" Singleton was born on 1809 in Davidson County, Tennessee. They were best known as an activist. Singleton's country of citizenship (nationality) was American. They died on 1892 in Kansas City, Missouri at the age of 82.

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