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Zipporah Atkins
Zipporah Potter Atkins (c. 1645-1705), the only 17th century woman of African descent to buy land in Boston, purchased a house on this site in 1670. Born free, despite enslavement of Africans in Massachusetts, she was a North End resident from 1670-1699 when she became the first African woman to sign her initials on a Deed in Suffolk County.
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