About: Prince Greene
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Prince Greene, (1752—July 4, 1819) was a Black violinist who lived in 18th century Rhode Island. In 1777, while he was enslaved to Richard Greene, he enlisted as a Private in the 1st Rhode Island Regiment to pursue his freedom in the Continental Army during the American Revolution. In 1781, while an active duty soldier, Greene was court-martialed for an incident that resulted in the death of Edward Allen, a white civilian. Also an active musician, in the early decades of the 1800s, he would play the fiddle for private parties in East Greenwich, Rhode Island.
