𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗢𝗣𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗨𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗦𝗢𝗡 (1855-?)

𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗢𝗣𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗨𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗦𝗢𝗡 (1855-?)

𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗢𝗣𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗨𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗦𝗢𝗡 (1855-?) Theophilus Augustus Thompson was one of the first notable African American chess players. Thompson was born into slavery in Frederick, Maryland on April 21, 1855. Freed after…