Henry Ossian Flipper
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American soldier, formerly enslaved person, and first African American to graduate from the United States Military Academy at West Point (1856–1940)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1856
- Died
- 1940
- Works
- 7
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Henry
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Thomasville
- Place of death
- Atlanta
- Occupation
- engineer
- Educated at
- Clark Atlanta University
- Conflict
- Spanish–American War
- Military branch
- United States Army
- Military rank
- sub-lieutenant
- Image
- Henry O. Flipper.jpg
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- Commons category
- Henry Ossian Flipper
- date of birth
- 1856-03-21
- date of death
- 1940-04-26
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- social classification
- freedman
- member of
- Archaeological Institute of America
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