John parker biography

John P. Parker (c. – Janu) was an American abolitionist, inventor, iron moulder and industrialist. Parker, who was half African American, helped hundreds of slaves to freedom in the Underground Railroad resistance movement based in Ripley, Ohio. John Parker was born on J in Lexington, Massachusetts, to Josiah Parker and Anna Stone. He lived his whole life in the Massachusetts colony as a farmer, smith, soldier, and colonial militia captain. He and his wife Lydia Moore Parker had seven children together. Early years First steps Professional growth Public recognition Peak period Later years Public interest Professional activity Media attention
John Parker was the captain of the Minutemen in Lexington, Massachusetts who assembled on the morning of Ap, and engaged the British in the first battle of the American Revolutionary War.