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Richard Mason Hancock
Richard Mason Hancock (November 22, 1832 – June 5, 1899) was a carpenter and shop foreman and civil rights activist in the American Northeast and Chicago. He was one of few African-American iron works shop foremen during his era. Early life Richard Mason Hancock was born on November 22, 1832 in New Bern, North Carolina. His parents were free blacks. Mason attended private schools, as public schools were barred to black children. When he was thirteen he was apprenticed as a carpenter under his father, William H. HancockSimmons, William J., and Henry McNeal Turner. Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising. GM Rewell & Company, 1887. p405-409 and under builder Uriah Sandy. As an apprentice and in his early jobs he learned the crafts of pattern-making, carpentry, mathematics, and draughting. Career As a young adult he moved to New Haven, Connecticut where he was employed at Atwater & Treat and then Doolittle & Company, both white firms. In New Haven in 1856 he was involved in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Bern, North Carolina
New Bern, formerly called Newbern, is a city in Craven County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 29,524, which had risen to an estimated 29,994 as of 2019. It is the county seat of Craven County and the principal city of the New Bern Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is located at the confluence of the Neuse and the Trent rivers, near the North Carolina coast. It lies east of Raleigh, north of Wilmington, and south of Norfolk. New Bern is the birthplace of Pepsi. New Bern was founded in October 1710 by the Palatines and Swiss under the leadership of Christoph von Graffenried. The new colonists named their settlement after Bern, the Swiss region from which many of the colonists and their patron had emigrated. The flag and arms of the American city are virtually identical to those of the Swiss canton. The English connection with Switzerland had been established by some Marian exiles who sought refuge in Protestant parts of Switze ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
