EPISODE 31
Podcast Notes
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Introduction to Alexander Twilight
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His parents
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father, Ichabod was black or mulatto
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His mother, Mary’s race, is not certain
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His education
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He completed not only the secondary school courses but also the first two years of a college-level curriculum all within six years. Following his graduation from Randolph, he was accepted at Middlebury College where he graduated.
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Career
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Twilight was a teacher, preacher
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He was also the first Black-American elected as a state legislator, serving in the Vermont House of Representatives, and the only Black-American ever elected to a state legislature before the Civil War.
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