Cofounder of the Free African Society.
Cyrus Bustill (1832-1806) was a mulatto man who was born into slavery, bought his freedom and then served in the Continental Army with 5,000 other African American patriots during the War for Independence. In 1787 the business-oriented brewer and baker co-founded with Richard Allen and others, the Free African Society, a faith-based mutual aid organization to help African Americans.
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