the first black lawyer in america received his license in 1942.
when did the first black lawyer in america receive his license?
1942
after his admission to the bar in 1847, morris may have been the first black male lawyer to file a lawsuit in the u.s. he was also the first black lawyer to win a lawsuit.





















































according to some sources, morris and macon bolling allen opened america's first black law office in boston, but the authors of "sarah's long walk" say there is "no direct knowledge that [allen and morris] ever met", nor is such a partnership mentioned in "emancipation: the making of the black lawyer, 1844-1944".





















































section::::abolitionist.





















































section::::abolitionist.:"roberts v. boston".
robert morris (lawyer)
abraham beverley walker





















































abraham beverley walker (23 august 1851 – 21 april 1909) was a new brunswick born lawyer and journalist. he was the first black lawyer in new brunswick, the second black lawyer in canada, and the first canadian-born black lawyer (robert sutherland having been born in jamaica). 





















































walker, who was of loyalist ancestry, was a farmer's son in the kingston peninsula area. their family had settled there in 1786, placing them in the first group of black settlers on the peninsula which was upriver from saint john.
abraham beverley walker