SYMHC Classics: Paul Cuffe
Stuff You Missed in History Class
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🗓️ 17 January 2026
⏱️ 31 minutes
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This 2020 episode covers Paul Cuffe, who protested taxation, built wealth for himself in whaling, became a Quaker and used his fortune for the betterment of others. He also advocated creating a colony in Africa for of African ancestry to immigrate to.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.8 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:06.8 | Happy Saturday. |
| 0:08.7 | Paul Cuffy was born January 17, 1759, or 267 years ago today on the day this episode is coming out. |
| 0:18.0 | Our episode about him came out on February 12th, 2020, and that is today's |
| 0:23.7 | Saturday classic. Enjoy. Welcome to Stuff You missed in History Class, a production of IHeart |
| 0:32.4 | Radio. Hello and welcome to the podcast. |
| 0:41.0 | I'm Tracy V. Wilson. |
| 0:42.5 | And I'm Holly Fry. |
| 0:43.8 | Today's topic was suggested by a friend of mine who was raised Quaker and who grew up |
| 0:49.4 | attending meetings at the same meeting house that today's subject helped rebuild in the 18 teens. |
| 0:55.7 | That subject is Paul Cuffy. |
| 0:57.8 | Sometimes you will see his name spelled with two E's at the end of Cuffy and sometimes with just one. |
| 1:02.7 | I had never heard of Paul Cuffy before this conversation. |
| 1:06.7 | And when my friends told me about him, I sort of took a cursory look at things. |
| 1:10.5 | I was like, oh yeah, he does seem pretty interesting. |
| 1:13.3 | Months later, after finally moving him up to the top of the list and getting into actual |
| 1:18.3 | research, I became so fascinated that I took a field trip to New Bedford, Massachusetts, |
| 1:25.2 | where there is an exhibit on him at the New Bedford |
| 1:28.4 | Whaling Museum, and the park next to the museum was named in his honor. It was not that I needed |
| 1:34.0 | additional information. I was just so intrigued by the whole thing. I was like, I want to go see |
| 1:37.8 | this exhibit, so we got in the car. We went. I love it. Paul Cuffy was born on January 17, 1759, on Cuddyhunk Island, which is off the coast of Massachusetts in Buzzards Bay. |
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