California Pioneers of African Descent
Developed by Guy Washington, National Park Service
Blue, Cupid (1792- )
He was born enslaved in Virginia in 1792.
As a young boy, he accompanied his owner as he traded up and down the Missouri River and its tributary
streams.
In 1799, at age 7, he was captured by Indians while on a trading excursion.
He spent sixteen years with them in the Northwest, where he became a mascot of the Sioux.
Known as "Little Black Star", he secretly left the tribe at age 23 and joined a trading party.
He returned to Virginia where he was granted his freedom by his owner.
Cupid came to Marysville in the 1850s and prospered.
He was one of the founders of Marysville's Mt. Olivet Church in 1853.
He owned lots on the east side of A Street, between 13th and 14th Streets and he was listed as a drayman.
He was a generous man who died in Marysville at age 94 years, 5 months & 22 days.
(Pogue, L.C. The African American Heritage of Yuba County 1849-1870, pp. 14, 32-33)
Developed by Guy Washington, National Park Service
Blue, Cupid (1792- )
He was born enslaved in Virginia in 1792.
As a young boy, he accompanied his owner as he traded up and down the Missouri River and its tributary
streams.
In 1799, at age 7, he was captured by Indians while on a trading excursion.
He spent sixteen years with them in the Northwest, where he became a mascot of the Sioux.
Known as "Little Black Star", he secretly left the tribe at age 23 and joined a trading party.
He returned to Virginia where he was granted his freedom by his owner.
Cupid came to Marysville in the 1850s and prospered.
He was one of the founders of Marysville's Mt. Olivet Church in 1853.
He owned lots on the east side of A Street, between 13th and 14th Streets and he was listed as a drayman.
He was a generous man who died in Marysville at age 94 years, 5 months & 22 days.
(Pogue, L.C. The African American Heritage of Yuba County 1849-1870, pp. 14, 32-33)
California Pioneers of African Descent
Developed by Guy Washington, National Park Service
Blue, Cupid (1792- )
He was born enslaved in Virginia in 1792.
As a young boy, he accompanied his owner as he traded up and down the Missouri River and its tributary
streams.
In 1799, at age 7, he was captured by Indians while on a trading excursion.
He spent sixteen years with them in the Northwest, where he became a mascot of the Sioux.
Known as "Little Black Star", he secretly left the tribe at age 23 and joined a trading party.
He returned to Virginia where he was granted his freedom by his owner.
Cupid came to Marysville in the 1850s and prospered.
He was one of the founders of Marysville's Mt. Olivet Church in 1853.
He owned lots on the east side of A Street, between 13th and 14th Streets and he was listed as a drayman.
He was a generous man who died in Marysville at age 94 years, 5 months & 22 days.
(Pogue, L.C. The African American Heritage of Yuba County 1849-1870, pp. 14, 32-33)
Developed by Guy Washington, National Park Service
Blue, Cupid (1792- )
He was born enslaved in Virginia in 1792.
As a young boy, he accompanied his owner as he traded up and down the Missouri River and its tributary
streams.
In 1799, at age 7, he was captured by Indians while on a trading excursion.
He spent sixteen years with them in the Northwest, where he became a mascot of the Sioux.
Known as "Little Black Star", he secretly left the tribe at age 23 and joined a trading party.
He returned to Virginia where he was granted his freedom by his owner.
Cupid came to Marysville in the 1850s and prospered.
He was one of the founders of Marysville's Mt. Olivet Church in 1853.
He owned lots on the east side of A Street, between 13th and 14th Streets and he was listed as a drayman.
He was a generous man who died in Marysville at age 94 years, 5 months & 22 days.
(Pogue, L.C. The African American Heritage of Yuba County 1849-1870, pp. 14, 32-33)
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