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African Americans are an ethnic group in the United States. The first achievements by African Americans in diverse fields have historically marked footholds, often leading to more widespread cultural change. The shorthand phrase for this is "breaking the color barrier". One commonly cited example is that of Jackie Robinson, who became the first African American of the modern era to become a Major League Baseball player in 1947, ending 60 years of segregated Negro leagues. 17th century 1600s 1604 First Black person to arrive in what is now Maine: explorer and interpreter Mathieu Da Costa 1670s 1670 First African American to own land in Boston: Zipporah Potter Atkins 18th century 1730s–1770s 1738 First free African-American community: Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose (later named Fort Mose) in Spanish Florida 1746 First known African American (and slave) to compose a work of literature: Lucy Terry with her poem "Bars Fight", composed in 1746 and first published in 1855 in Josiah Holland's "History of Western Massachusetts 1760 First known African-American published author: Jupiter Hammon (poem "An Evening Thought: Salvation by Christ with Penitential Cries", published as a broadside) 1767 First African-American clockmaker, Peter Hill, was born. 1768 First known African American to be elected to public office: Wentworth Cheswell, town constable and Justice of the Peace in Newmarket, New Hampshire. 1773 First known African-American woman to publish a book: Phillis Wheatley (Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral) First separate African-American church: Silver Bluff Baptist Church, Aiken County, South Carolina 1775 First African American to join the Freemasons: Prince Hall 1778 First African-American U.S. military regiment: the 1st Rhode Island Regiment 1780s–1790s 1783 First African American to formally practice medicine: James Derham, who did not hold an M.D. degree. (See also: 1847) 1785 First African American ordained as a Christian minister in the United States: Rev. Lemuel Haynes. He was ordained in the Congregational Church, which became the United Church of Christ 1792 First major African-American Back-to-Africa movement: 3,000 Black Loyalist slaves, who had escaped to British lines during the American Revolutionary War for the promise of freedom, were relocated to Nova Scotia and given land. Later, 1,200 chose to migrate to West Africa and settle in the new British colony of Settler Town, which is present-day Sierra Leone. 1793 First African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church founded: Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was founded by Richard Allen 1794 First African Episcopal Church established: Absalom Jones founded African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19th century 1800s 1804 First African American ordained as an Episcopal priest: Absalom Jones in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1807 First African-American Presbyterian Church in America: First African Presbyterian Church founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by John Gloucester a former slave. 1810s 1816 Richard Allen founded the first fully independent African-American denomination: African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME), based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and mid-Atlantic states 1817 The First African Baptist Church was the first African-American church west of the Mississippi River. It had its beginnings in 1817 when John Mason Peck and the former enslaved John Berry Meachum began holding church services for African Americans in St. Louis. Meachum founded the First African Baptist Church in 1827. Although there were ordinances preventing blacks from assembling, the congregation grew from 14 people at its founding to 220 people by 1829. Two hundred of the parishioners were slaves, who could only travel to the church and attend services with the permission of their owners. 1820s 1821 First African American to hold a patent: Thomas L. Jennings, for a dry-cleaning process 1822 First African-American captain to sail a whaleship with an all-black crew: Absalom Boston There were six black owners of seven whaling trips before Absalom Boston's in 1822. 1823 First African American to receive a degree from an American college: Alexander Twilight, Middlebury College (See also: 1836) 1826 First African American to graduate from Bowdoin College: Future governor of the Republic of Maryland, John Brown Russwurm 1827 First African-American-owned-and-operated newspaper: Freedom's Journal, founded in New York City by Rev. Peter Williams Jr., Samuel Cornish, John Brown Russwurm and other free blacks 1830s 1832 First governor of African descent in what is now the United States: Pío Pico, an Afro-Mexican, was the last governor of Alta California before it was ceded to the U.S. Like all Californios, Pico automatically became a U.S. citizen in 1848. 1836 First African-American elected to serve in a state legislature: Alexander Twilight, Vermont (See also: 1823) First African American to found a town and establish a planned community: Free Frank McWorter (New Philadelphia, Illinois) First African-American governor of the Republic of Maryland or any other colony in Africa: John Brown Russwurm 1837 First formally trained African-American medical doctor: Dr James McCune Smith of New York City, who was educated at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, and returned to practice in New York. (See also: 1783, 1847) 1840s 1844 First African-American approved to practice law: Macon Bolling Allen from the bar association of Portland, Maine 1845 First African-American to practice law: Macon Bolling Allen from the Boston bar 1847 First African American to graduate from a U.S. medical school: Dr. David J. Peck (Rush Medical College) (See also: 1783, 1837) First African-American president of any nation: Joseph Jenkins Roberts, Liberia 1849 First African-American college professor at a predominantly white institution: Charles L. Reason, New York Central College 1850s 1851 First African-American member of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits): Patrick Francis Healy (See also: 1866, 1874) 1853 First novel published by an African-American: Clotel; or, The President's Daughter, by William Wells Brown, then living in London. First African-American to build and serve as captain of his own ship: Joseph P. Taylor of Portland, Maine 1854 First African-American Catholic priest: James Augustine Healy (see 1875 and 1886) First institute of higher learning created to educate African-Americans: Ashmun Institute in Pennsylvania, renamed Lincoln University in 1866. (See also firsts in 1863) 1858 First published play by an African-American: The Escape; or, A Leap for Freedom by William Wells Brown First African-American woman college instructor: Sarah Jane Woodson Early, Wilberforce College First African-American woman to graduate from a medical course of study at an American university: Sarah Mapps Douglass First African-American Missionary Bishop of Liberia: Francis Burns of W.... Discover the Terri Reed Lenora Worth Maggie K Black popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Terri Reed Lenora Worth Maggie K Black books.