Charles Hicks Bustill (c.1815–1890) was an African-American abolitionist and conductor in the Underground Railroad in Philadelphia before the American Civil War. He made a living as a plasterer.
Bustill's grandfather was Cyrus Bustill and he was a member of the city's prominent Bustill family. [1] His children include Gertrude Bustill Mossell and Maria Louisa Bustill, mother of Paul Robeson.[2]
References
- ↑ Wright, Nazera Sadiq (2016-09-08). Black Girlhood in the Nineteenth Century. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 9780252099014.
- ↑ Lloyd Louis Brown (1997). The Young Paul Robeson: On My Journey Now. Westview Press. p. 152. ISBN 9780813331782.
... Charles Hicks Bustill — Paul Robeson's grandfather. Charles, who was born in 1816, and his older brother, James Mapps Bustill, became partners as plastering contractors with ...
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