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|Name=First African-American Games | |Name=First African-American Games | ||
|Type of Date=Year | |Type of Date=Year | ||
|Date=1859/ | |Date=1859/01/01 | ||
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|Country=United States | |Country=United States | ||
|State=NY | |State=NY | ||
|City=Brooklyn | |City=Brooklyn | ||
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|Description=<p>[A] Report of July 4 game between Henson and Unknown Clubs</p> | |Description=<p>[A] Report of July 4 game between Henson and Unknown Clubs</p> | ||
<p>[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."</p> | <p>[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."</p> | ||
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<p>[B] Email from Larry Lester; taken from his chronology of African American baseball, 8/17/2007.</p> | <p>[B] Email from Larry Lester; taken from his chronology of African American baseball, 8/17/2007.</p> | ||
<p><span>Chris Hauser, in an email on 9/26/2007, estimates that this notice appeared in the </span><em>New York Anglo-African</em><span>, and was referenced in Leslie Heaphy's </span><span>Negro League Baseball.</span></p> | <p><span>Chris Hauser, in an email on 9/26/2007, estimates that this notice appeared in the </span><em>New York Anglo-African</em><span>, and was referenced in Leslie Heaphy's </span><span>Negro League Baseball.</span></p> | ||
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|Has Source On Hand=No | |Has Source On Hand=No | ||
|Comment=<p>I reviewed the Anglo-African of July 23 and 30, 1859 and found no reference to the Henson-Unknown game. The only reference to baseball was a 7-30 reference to a game in Ohio played by Congressman Joshua Giddings.</p> | |||
<p>The Dec. 10 issue does report the Nov. 15th game. [ba]</p> | |||
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|Reviewed=Yes | |Reviewed=Yes | ||
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Latest revision as of 08:08, 19 November 2020
Date | 1859 |
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Location | Brooklyn, NY, United States |
Modern Address | |
Description | [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. 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. |
Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
Has Source On Hand | No |
Comment | I reviewed the Anglo-African of July 23 and 30, 1859 and found no reference to the Henson-Unknown game. The only reference to baseball was a 7-30 reference to a game in Ohio played by Congressman Joshua Giddings. The Dec. 10 issue does report the Nov. 15th game. [ba] |
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