He had his portrait painted by artist Charles Willson Peale, and he was a literate man—in short, Yarrow Mamout was unusual for an 18th-century slave in America.
On Friday's Up to Date, we look at his legacy over six generations and how his family moved from a life of slavery to producing a Harvard graduate in 1927.
Guest:
- James Johnston, author of From Slave Ship to Harvard: Yarrow Mamout and the History of an African American Family
