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Zipporah Potter Atkins
(1645 - 1705)
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Marker at Home Site of Zipporah Potter Atkins
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Marker at Home Site of Zipporah Potter Atkins
North End
On the west side of the Greenway on the corner of Hanover Street and the Surface Road, Boston, MA 02108
17th Century
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Zipporah Potter Atkins (c. 1645-1705) was the first African American woman to purchase a home in Boston, buying property on Salem Street in 1670. She also initiated the deed of sale in...
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