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Sergeant John H. Murphy, Sr. in his Union Army uniform

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This file appears in: The Office of John H. Murphy, Sr
Sergeant John H. Murphy, Sr. in his Union Army uniform

This file appears in: The Office of John H. Murphy, Sr

The Office of John H. Murphy, Sr

By Francesca Cohen
From the humblest of beginnings, John H. Murphy Sr. rose to become the founder of the Baltimore Afro-American newspaper, which had an office here at 1336 N Carey St in the 1910’s. Murphy was born enslaved in Baltimore on Christmas Day, 1840. He was…
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