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'''James Weeks''' (died 28 May 1864<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aac.amdigital.co.uk/Documents/Details/Death-certificate-for-James-Weeks/WHC_DC_JW|title=Death certificate for James Weeks|author=African American Communities|date=28 May 1864|publisher=''{{Wiki|Adam Matthew Digital}}''|accessdate=3 March 2025}}</ref>) was a free [[Africa]]n-[[United States|American]] {{Wiki|dockworker}} from [[Virginia]] who founded the historic neighbourhood of [[Weeksville, Brooklyn|Weeksville]] in Brooklyn, [[New York City]] in 1838, 11 years after slavery was abolished in [[New York]].<ref>{{WP|Weeksville, Brooklyn}}</ref> In 2014, [[Abstergo Entertainment]] mentioned his founding of Weeksville in their [[database]] entry for [[American Rite of the Templar Order|Colonial Templar]] [[Jack Weeks]], one of James' known descendants who was active during the [[Seven Years' War]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[Database: Jack Weeks]]</ref> | '''James Weeks''' (died 28 May 1864<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aac.amdigital.co.uk/Documents/Details/Death-certificate-for-James-Weeks/WHC_DC_JW|title=Death certificate for James Weeks|author=African American Communities|date=28 May 1864|publisher=''{{Wiki|Adam Matthew Digital}}''|accessdate=3 March 2025}}</ref>) was a free [[Africa]]n-[[United States|American]] {{Wiki|dockworker}} from [[Virginia]] who founded the historic neighbourhood of [[Weeksville, Brooklyn|Weeksville]] in Brooklyn, [[New York City]] in 1838, 11 years after [[slavery]] was abolished in [[New York]].<ref>{{WP|Weeksville, Brooklyn}}</ref> In 2014, [[Abstergo Entertainment]] mentioned his founding of Weeksville in their [[database]] entry for [[American Rite of the Templar Order|Colonial Templar]] [[Jack Weeks]], one of James' known descendants who was active during the [[Seven Years' War]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[Database: Jack Weeks]]</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 14:28, 3 March 2025
James Weeks (died 28 May 1864[1]) was a free African-American dockworker from Virginia who founded the historic neighbourhood of Weeksville in Brooklyn, New York City in 1838, 11 years after slavery was abolished in New York.[2] In 2014, Abstergo Entertainment mentioned his founding of Weeksville in their database entry for Colonial Templar Jack Weeks, one of James' known descendants who was active during the Seven Years' War.[3]
Appearances
- Assassin's Creed: Rogue (mentioned in Database entry only)
References
- ↑ African American Communities (28 May 1864). Death certificate for James Weeks. Adam Matthew Digital. Retrieved on 3 March 2025.
- ↑
Weeksville, Brooklyn on Wikipedia
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Rogue – Database: Jack Weeks