FIRST LICENSED BLACK ATTORNEY IN U.S. (LAW.) ALLEN, MACON B. Last Will and Testament of Andrew McDowall Brown of South Carolina, prepared by Macon B. Allen. Four pages, legal folio sheets, written on three sides and docketed on the fourth; archival repair and de-acidification. Charleston, SC 1878
from the law offices of, and prepared by macon b. allen probably signed secretarially. Macon B. Allen (1816-1894) lawyer and judge, was the first licensed African-American attorney in the United States. Allen became a member of the Maine Bar in 1844, but never practiced there. Instead he opened a law office in Boston, where he served as a justice of the peace for some years. In the late 1860s, seeing the need during Reconstruction, Allen joined Robert Brown Elliott and William Whipper in opening a law firm in Charleston, South Carolina that catered to clients of both races. The present will is for Andrew McDowall Brown, a Charleston businessman, who among his other bequests, leaves a house to his old servant, Elizabeth Middleton.
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