Octavius Catto
(1839-1871)
U.S. civil rights activist and educator
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Octavius Valentine Catto (February 22, 1839 – October 10, 1871) was an American educator, intellectual, and civil rights activist in Philadelphia. He became principal of male students at the Institute for Colored Youth, where he had also been educated. Born free in Charleston, South Carolina, in a prominent mixed-race family, he moved north as a boy with his family. He became educated and served as a teacher, becoming active in civil rights. He also became known as a top cricket and baseball player in 19th-century Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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22 February 1839 Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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10 October 1871 (aged 32) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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