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Culinary Arts
Student Submission
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Oysters, Physical Movement, Restaurant, Seafood, Social Movement, Student Submission
Thomas Downing
New York, New York | 1719-1818
He was know as "The Black Oyster King of New York" in the 19th century. He owned a restaurant. He helped many escape the South: he had a stop for the Underground Railroad in the basement of his restaurant. He led political efforts for funding African American school children and for New York's trolley system.
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