Charles Humphreys

Charles Humphreys (September 19, 1714 – March 11, 1786) was a signatory to the Continental Association while representing the Province of Pennsylvania in the First Continental Congress. A miller and fuller, he benefitted from the system of chattel slavery that existed in the province during that time by using enslaved laborers to operate his businesses.

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