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- After beginning his career as a school teacher, he moved to Portland, Maine to study law. He was admitted to the Maine bar in 1844, becoming the first licensed African-American lawyer in the United States.
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Allen passed the bar exam in Maine in 1844 and became a Massachusetts Justice of the Peace in 1847. He moved to South Carolina after the American Civil War to practice law and was elected as a judge in 1873 and again in 1876.
- Early Life
- Allen Becomes An Attorney
- Abolition Movement
- Marriage and Family Life
Allen was born A. Macon Bolling in 1816 in Indiana. As a free African American, Allen learned to read and write. As a young adult, he gained employment as a schoolteacher.
During the 1840s, Allen moved to Portland, Maine. Although it is unclear why Allen moved to Maine, historians believe it may have been because it was an anti-slavery state. While in Portland, he changed his name to Macon Bolling Allen. Employed by General Samuel Fessenden (an abolitionistand lawyer) Allen worked as a clerk and studied law. Fessende...
After becoming licensed to practice law in Boston, Allen caught the attention of abolitionists, such as William Lloyd Garrison. Allen attended an anti-slavery convention in May 1846 in Boston. At the convention, a petition was passed around in opposition to involvement in the Mexican War. However, Allen did not sign the petition, arguing that he wa...
Very little is known about Allen's family in Indiana. However, once moving to Boston, Allen met and married his wife, Hannah. The couple had five sons: John, born in 1852; Edward, born in 1856; Charles, born in 1861; Arthur, born in 1868; and Macon B. Jr., born in 1872. According to U.S. Census records, all of Allen's sons worked as schoolteachers.
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Dec 31, 2008 · In the early 1840s Bolling moved from Indiana to Portland, Maine. There he changed his name to Macon Bolling Allen and became friends with local anti-slavery leader General Samuel Fessenden, who had recently begun a law practice.
In his early 20's, he moved to Portland, Maine, and changed his name from Allen Macon Bolling to Macon Bolling Allen. He connected with General Samuel Fessenden, a local anti-slavery leader, who took Allen up as a law clerk and apprentice at his firm.
Macon B. Allen Was the First African American to Become a Lawyer. Macon Bolling Allen was born free in 1816, and worked as a school teacher after learning to read and write. He later moved to Portland, Maine and while working for General Samuel Fressenden, Allen was able to study law.
Allen moved to Portland, Maine, in the early 1840s to study law, working as a law clerk for General Samuel Fessenden, a local abolitionist and attorney. After passing the Maine bar exam, he was granted his license to practice law in Maine on July 3, 1844.
In his late twenties, Allen moved to Portland, Maine, where he changed his name from A. Macon Bolling to Macon Bolling Allen. It is not known why Allen moved to there, but Maine's stance on slavery could have been a deciding factor.
