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Caesar Lyndon (sometimes spelled Cesar, active 1761 — 1770) was a highly literate Black man enslaved by Josias Lyndon, known for his Sundry Account Book, a valuable historical record of life in Colonial Rhode Island. Caesar carried out Lyndon's business, acting as both a purchasing agent and a secretary. His Sundry Account Book chronicles his financial transactions from Newport's famed slave traders like Aaron Lopez, as well as free and enslaved people. By way of double-entry bookkeeping, Caesar itemized the sale and acquisition of goods and services. He also noted deaths, marriages, and a pig roast. This nearly thirty-five page book represents a lesser-known but fascinating example of the early African American literary tradition of the United States.

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rdfs:comment	Caesar Lyndon (sometimes spelled Cesar, active 1761 — 1770) was a highly literate Black man enslaved by Josias Lyndon, known for his Sundry Account Book, a valuable historical record of life in Colonial Rhode Island. Caesar carried out Lyndon's business, acting as both a purchasing agent and a secretary. His Sundry Account Book chronicles his financial transactions from Newport's famed slave traders like Aaron Lopez, as well as free and enslaved people. By way of double-entry bookkeeping, Caesar itemized the sale and acquisition of goods and services. He also noted deaths, marriages, and a pig roast. This nearly thirty-five page book represents a lesser-known but fascinating example of the early African American literary tradition of the United States. (en)
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has abstract	Caesar Lyndon (sometimes spelled Cesar, active 1761 — 1770) was a highly literate Black man enslaved by Josias Lyndon, known for his Sundry Account Book, a valuable historical record of life in Colonial Rhode Island. Caesar carried out Lyndon's business, acting as both a purchasing agent and a secretary. His Sundry Account Book chronicles his financial transactions from Newport's famed slave traders like Aaron Lopez, as well as free and enslaved people. By way of double-entry bookkeeping, Caesar itemized the sale and acquisition of goods and services. He also noted deaths, marriages, and a pig roast. This nearly thirty-five page book represents a lesser-known but fascinating example of the early African American literary tradition of the United States. Lyndon was not only an enslaved man who possessed the ability to read and write, his penmanship was so good that Caleb Godfrey, noted slave ship captain, paid him to copy a lengthy letter. Lyndon could also add, subtract, multiply, and divide numbers and in particular, currency-- both the Rhode Island pound and the currencies of surrounding colonies. Lyndon was also a Secretary of the Free African Union Society, the first Black benevolent society in the United States. (en)
employer	Josias Lyndon
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is Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage of	Kingston Pease
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