It was a woman’s name, Zipporah Potter, along with one bit of information that Johnson found impossible: that she was a 17th century African-American woman who owned property in the North End. Both of these facts put her way, way ahead of her time and make her the first African- American landowner in Boston, male or female.
Centuries ahead of her time, a black woman bought property in 17th-century Boston - Metro - The Boston Globe

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