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William Drew Robeson, Reverend (1844-1918) Father of Paul Robeson; Presbyterian Reverend at Witherspoon Church in Princeton, New Jersey (b. July 1844, Robeson Plantation, Cross Road Township, Martin County, North Carolina, USA - d. May 17, 1918, Somerville, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA)
William Drew Robeson I (July 27, 1844 – May 17, 1918) was the father of Paul Robeson and the minister of Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church in Princeton, New Jersey from 1880 to 1901. [1][2][3] Birth and escape from slavery.
31. Mai 2013 · According to his son, Paul Robeson, Jr, Robeson refused a part as an enslaved man, most probably field hand ‘Big Sam’, in Gone with the Wind (1939), classical Hollywood's epic revision of the US South during the Civil War and Reconstruction.
- Hannah Durkin
- 2013
William Drew Robeson I (July 27, 1844 – May 17, 1918) was the minister of Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church in Princeton, New Jersey from 1880 to 1901 and the father of Paul Robeson. The Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church had been built for its black members by the First Presbyterian Church of Princeton. Oops something went wrong: 403.
At age 15 in 1860, Paul Robeson’s father, William Drew Robeson (1844–1918), was a fugitive from enslavement on a farm in Martin County, North Carolina. William trekked north to Pennsylvania, found work as a common laborer in the Union Army, and after the Civil War, undertook theology studies at the all-Black Lincoln University, near ...
18. Nov. 2023 · William Drew Robeson I (July 27, 1844 – May 17, 1918) was the minister of Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church in Princeton, New Jersey from 1880 to 1901 and the father of Paul Robeson. The Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church had been built for its black members by the First Presbyterian Church of Princeton.
William Drew Robeson, I served as pastor of the Witherspoon Presbyterian Church from 1880 to 1901 (photo credit: R. Andrew Myers).
