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Early Years Fayerman was born free, probably of mixed-race ancestry, about 1830 and was the son of Phoebe Fayerman and George Fayerman, who may have emigrated from Haiti. He identified Louisiana as his birthplace, but information attributable to his family suggests that he may have been born near Montego Bay, Jamaica, and that he may have arrived in the United States about 1865. He received some education and reportedly could converse in French as well as English. Political Career Having settled in Petersburg shortly after the Civil War, Fayerman began earning his living as a butcher and became active in local politics. On April 1, 1867, following the passage of congressional Reconstruction legislation placing Virginia under military rule, he and other black leaders organized the Republican Party in Petersburg. At a mass meeting called a week later to endorse the Reconstruction acts, he urged the 2,500 African Americans present to take their new voting rights seriously and to supp

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