Date of Birth: January 17, 1759
Place of Birth: Cuttyhunk, Island, Gosnold, Massachusetts
Date of Death: September 9, 1817
Place of Death: Westport, Massachusetts
Ethnicity:
*Ashanti Ghanaian (father)
*Aquinnah Wampanoag Native American (mother)
Paul Cuffe was an American Quaker businessperson, sea captain, patriot, and abolitionist. Paul was the son of Ruth Moses and Kofi or Cuffee Scolcum.
Paul’s father was of the Ashanti ethnic group, from the Ashanti region in Ghana. Paul’s mother was a Native American, of the Aquinnah Wampanoag nation.