Philadelphia, PA, United States
Ebenezer Don Carlos Bassett (1833-1908). Educator and diplomat. Bassett was principal, Institute for Colored Youth, 1857-69. He was U.S. minister to Haiti, 1869-77; appointed by President Grant, he was the first African-American to receive a diplomatic post. Here he lived his last years.
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