[Ads-l] Further Earliest American Use of "Black" Referring to a Person

[Shapiro, Fred]

This is the earliest American use I have found for the word "black" referring to a person:

1696 Cotton Mather A Good Master Well Served 52 (America's Historical Imprints)

And will not the Scores of Slaves, the poor Blacks, now also in this Assembly, Give Earnest Heed, unto these words of God?

Fred Shapiro

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