1859.6

African-American Game is Played by "Henson Club" July 4 and/or November 15

Salience	Prominent
Tags	African AmericansAfrican Americans
Location	Greater New York CityGreater New York City
City/State/Country:	Brooklyn, NY, United States
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Game	Base BallBase Ball
Immediacy of Report	Contemporary
Age of Players	AdultAdult
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Text	[A] Report of July 4 game between Henson and Unknown Clubs [B] "November 15, 1859 - The first recorded game between two black teams occurred between the Unknowns of Weeksville and the Henson Club of Jamaica (Queens) in Brooklyn, NY."
Sources	[A] New York Anglo-African, July 30, 1859. Per Dean Sullivan, pages 34-36. [B] Email from Larry Lester; taken from his chronology of African American baseball, 8/17/2007.
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Comment	Chris Hauser, in an email on 9/26/2007, estimates that this notice appeared in the New York Anglo-African, and was referenced in Leslie Heaphy's Negro League Baseball. Edit with form to add a comment
Query	Note: Can we get text from the sourced citation [A] , and a source for the text citation [B] ? Was this one game or two? How can we find out more about the "Henson club" and the Unknowns? Edit with form to add a query
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