Robert Sengstacke Abbott (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Robert Sengstacke Abbott (24 November 1870 - February 29, 1940) was an African American lawyer and newspaper publisher. Born on November 24, 1870 in St. Island, Georgia (although some sources state Savannah, Georgia) to former slave parents. Abbott was still a baby when his father, Thomas Abbott, died. Flora Abbott (n e Butler), his mother, then met and married John Sengstacke, who came to Georgia from Germany in 1869. Sengstacke's background was remarkable: his father, Herman, was a wealthy German merchant immigrant who in 1847 had purchased the freedom of a slave woman, Tama, from the auction block and subsequently married her; John, their child, was sent to Germany to be raised there.