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Yarrow Mamout (c. 1736 – January 19, 1823) [1] [2] was a formerly enslaved African entrepreneur and property owner in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. An educated Fulani Muslim, he gained his freedom in 1796 after 44 years as an enslaved person. James Alexander Simpson and Charles Willson Peale painted his portrait, Peale's being held in the ...
Aug 11, 2016 · A portrait of Yarrow Mamout is on display at the National Portrait Gallery, on loan from the Peabody Room of the Georgetown branch of the D.C. Public Library.
Learn about the life and achievements of Yarrow Mamout, a former slave who bought his freedom and became a successful businessman and property owner in 19th-century Georgetown. Discover how his story challenges the stereotypes of slavery, race and identity in America.
Feb 13, 2015 · Yarrow Mamout, a former slave, entrepreneur and Georgetown property owner, is the "man who never was" in a city in full-throated celebration of Black History Month.
- Colbert I. King
Nov 20, 2015 · From Slave Ship to Harvard traces the family from the colonial period and the American Revolution through the Civil War to Harvard and finally today. Yarrow Mamout, the first of the family in America, was an educated Muslim from Guinea. He was brought to Maryland on the slave ship Elijah and gained his freedom forty-four years later.
- James H. Johnston
- 2015
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Jul 24, 2015 · Yarrow Mamout, man about town. The goal of the Project is to find artifacts associated with Yarrow Mamout: an educated Muslim slave from West Africa who earned his freedom after 44 years, and settled in Georgetown. The team has found a number of artifacts so far, including ceramic shards, clay tobacco pipes, clay marbles, a small metal object ...
Jul 24, 2015 · Yarrow Mamout was something of a local celebrity in early 19th-century Georgetown. Taken from Africa in 1752 and sold into slavery, he eventually gained his freedom and made himself into a ...
