Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Fortune (c. 1743 – 1798) was an African-American slave who achieved posthumous notability over the transfer of his remains from a museum storage room to a state funeral.Under the laws of the 18th century American colonial period, Fortune, his wife Dinah and their four children was the property of Dr. Preserved Porter, a physician based in Waterbury, Connecticut. Fortune drowned in an accident in the Naugatuck River in 1798, and Dr.. }
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- Fortune_(American_slave) comment "Fortune (c. 1743 – 1798) was an African-American slave who achieved posthumous notability over the transfer of his remains from a museum storage room to a state funeral.Under the laws of the 18th century American colonial period, Fortune, his wife Dinah and their four children was the property of Dr. Preserved Porter, a physician based in Waterbury, Connecticut. Fortune drowned in an accident in the Naugatuck River in 1798, and Dr.".