# Edith Cumbo

> Edith Cumbo was a free mixed-race Black woman and entrepreneur who lived in Williamsburg, Virginia. Her life story is taught in the Advanced Placement American history curriculum to illustrate the challenges that free African Americans faced during the period of the American Revolution.

*American 18th-century free Black woman and entrepreneur*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/edith-cumbo

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Activist
- **Category:** Activists
- **Born:** 1735
- **Status:** unknown
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Edith Cumbo was a free mixed-race Black woman and entrepreneur who lived in Williamsburg, Virginia. Her life story is taught in the Advanced Placement American history curriculum to illustrate the challenges that free African Americans faced during the period of the American Revolution.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 32.8

## Sources
- [Edith Cumbo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Cumbo)
- [এডিথ কাম্বো](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A5_%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8B)
- [Edith Cumbo](https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Cumbo)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115768230)

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