Portsmouth
The Black Whipple Family
Prince and Cuffee Whipple, possibly brothers or cousins,
had been owned by the white Whipples. The men
were given lifelong use of this plot of land after their
emancipation in the 1780s. They moved a small wooden
house onto the site and lived there with their wives
Dinah (Chase) and Rebecca (Daverson), and their children
At assemblies and society balls Prince worked
as a steward, Cuffee as a musician. Dinah did sewing
for the North Church and with Rebecca kept a school
in their home for Black children sponsored by the
Ladies Charitable African Society.