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Moses A. Hopkins

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Moses Aaron Hopkins (December 25, 1846 – August 7, 1886) was an African-American clergyman and educator who served as United States minister (ambassador) to Liberia in 1885-1886. He died while in Liberia.^[1]

Hopkins, born a slave in Virginia, was the first black graduate of Auburn Theological Seminary in New York and eventually settled in Franklinton, North Carolina, where he established a church and a school.^[1] Hopkins was first appointed minister to Liberia by President Grover Cleveland through a recess appointment and was later confirmed by the U.S. Senate.^[2] He was appointed on September 11, 1885.

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1. ^¹Stopping Points (Moses A. Hopkins 1846-1886), Retrieved Nov. 4, 2015.
2. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=sADWtLjn-rAC&pg=PA52&lpg=PA52&dq=moses+a.+hopkins+grover+cleveland&source=bl&ots=6BFbVBVlTY&sig=41lStpBAg7ejLmMMcGpZO9UwXBg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAmoVChMIxr3bv5H3yAIVA2MmCh1ZfwHc#v=onepage&q=moses%20a.%20hopkins%20grover%20cleveland&f=false Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America, Volume XXV, Washington Government Printing Office (1901), page 52], Retrieved Nov. 4, 2015.

North Carolina Historical Marker
[https://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/po/com/10906.htm U.S. State Department: Liberia]

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