Bill Richmond (August 5 1763 – December 28 1829) was an African American boxer born a slave in Cuckold’s Town (now Richmondtown) Staten Island New York. His nickname was ‘The Black Terror’.During the American Revolutionary War Richmond was the servant of Lord Percy the Duke of Northumberland who took him to England in 1777. On September 22 1776 Richmond was the hangman who executed Nathan Hale.
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birth date
1763-08-05
birth place
Province of New York, Richmondtown Staten Island
country
United States
death date
1829-12-28
death place
England, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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