John Caesar Hope (Q490955)
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HC-PER-39276
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John Caesar Hope
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Barber
Entrepreneur
Enslaved. Free before 13th Amendment. Captured in Africa and enslaved in Virginia, Hope gained his freedom and purchased that of several family members (but not his children during his lifetime) in spite of legal barriers in Virginia that hampered emancipation.