Colonel
Charles Waddell Chesnutt was born on 20th June 1858 in Cleveland, Ohio, to parents who were both ‘free persons of color’. His paternal grandfather was a white slaveholder, and Chesnutt although he identified as African-American noted that he was seven-eighths white.
By age 20 Chesnutt had married and settled in Cleveland. After reading law and passing the bar exam he established a lucrative cour...
Charles Waddell Chesnutt was born on 20th June 1858 in Cleveland, Ohio, to parents who were both ‘free persons of color’. His paternal grandfather was a white slaveholder, and Chesnutt although he identified as African-American noted that he was seven-eighths white.
By age 20 Chesnutt had married and settled in Cleveland. After reading law and passing the bar exam he established a lucrative cour...
