Dennis Doram, Jr. 

In 1839, white portrait artist Patrick Henry Davenport painted free Black businessman and ropemaker Dennis Doram, Jr. The portrait illustrated Doran’s free status, elevating his and his Diademia’s social standing among other free Blacks. The success of their rope factory and hemp business sustained the Dorams during the Civil War. Furthering their fight for equality for all, their son, Joshua Doram, was a Union soldier in Company F, 114th USCT. Another son was a Buffalo Soldier in the Indian Wars.