Not much is known about him. He was born in America, around 1800 and died in Liberia around 1860.
John Hanson was born in America of English descent. ( He was not black, if that is what you really want to know. There was a balck John Hanson who was a prominent citizen in Liberia .
John Wesley Hanson was born in 1823.
John Hanson Farquhar was born in 1818.
John Hanson - singer - was born in 1922.
john hanson moor was born on January 26,1875
John Hanson McNeill was born on 1815-06-12.
John Hanson was born on April 13, 1715.
John Hanson was born on April 13, 1715.
There are many pictures of the black John Hanson on Internet sites, such as Wikipedia. John Hanson was confused with another man of the same name, and was thought to be the first president o f the Continental Congress.
John Hanson
No, John Hanson passed away decades before the camera was invented. The gentleman pictured in the photo was long after President John Hanson passed away in 1783.
John Hanson was elected president of the Continental Congress under the Articles of Confederation, in November 1781. He was not black, but was of white English origin like almost every other member of the congress. The rumor that he was black comes from confusion with another John Hanson who was black and was a prominent citizen in Liberia .