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William Costin (c. 1780 - May 31, 1842) was a free African-American activist and scholar who successfully challenged District of Columbia slave codes in the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia.
9 de dic. de 2019 · Born sometime in 1780, William Custis Costin was the son of Ann Dandridge, a woman of mixed Indigenous, Black, and white ancestry, and a white man belonging to “a prominent family in Virginia.” 1 Costin was allegedly both the nephew and grandson of Martha Washington.
5 de jun. de 2023 · The man’s name was William Costin, and he was listed in the 1820 census as “colored.” He was also probably Martha Washington’s grandson—the child of her son from her first marriage, John “Jacky”...
William Costin (1780-1842) was a respected figure in early Washington, DC’s free black community, serving as a porter for the Bank of Washington for over twenty years and raising a large family in the Capital Hill neighborhood. However, both he and his wife, Delphy Judge, had been born into slavery and owned by the Custis estate.
22 de dic. de 2020 · William “Will” Costin was found dead in his own bed on the morning of May 31, 1842. Washington City’s leading newspaper, the Daily National Intelligencer, reported the passing of this “free colored man, aged 62 years,” then praised Costin’s years of service to the Bank of Washington, the capital’s largest.
10 de ago. de 2021 · U.S. Capitol Historical Society. 873 subscribers. Subscribed. 6. 223 views 2 years ago. On the occasion of his untimely death in 1842, the businessmen of Capitol Hill commissioned a very striking...
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