Born into Slavery

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Born into Slavery

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Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Richard Allen Religion 14-Feb-1760 26-Mar-1831 Founder, African Episcopal Methodist Church

Crispus Attucks Activist 1723 5-Mar-1770 First man killed in the American Revolution

Blanche K. Bruce Politician 1-Mar-1841 17-Mar-1898 US Senator, former slave

George Washington Carver Botanist c. 1860 5-Jan-1943 Crop rotation and peanut butter

Frederick Douglass Activist Feb-1817 20-Feb-1895 Anti-slavery activist and autobiographer

Epictetus Philosopher c. 55 AD c. 135 AD Stoic, wrote Encheiridion

Sally Hemings Relative 1773 1835 Thomas Jefferson's slave mistress

Harriet Ann Jacobs Author 1813 7-Mar-1897 Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Toussaint L'Ouverture Military 20-May-1743 7-Apr-1803 Led the 1791 Slave Rebellion

James C. Napier Government 9-Jun-1845 21-Apr-1940 Founder of Nashville One-Cent Savings Bank

Juan de Pareja Painter c. 1606 1670 Velázquez's slave turned painter

Joseph Rainey Politician 21-Jun-1832 1-Aug-1887 Congressman from South Carolina, 1870-79

Dred Scott Victim c. 1799 17-Sep-1858 Slave denied freedom by US Supreme Court

Robert Smalls Politician 5-Apr-1839 23-Feb-1915 Slave elected to Congress from South Carolina

Sojourner Truth Activist c. 1797 26-Nov-1883 Abolitionist, former slave

Harriet Tubman Activist c. 1821 10-Mar-1913 Underground Railroad

Nat Turner Military 2-Oct-1800 11-Nov-1831 Nat Turner's Rebellion

Booker T. Washington Educator 5-Apr-1856 14-Nov-1915 Founder, Tuskegee Institute

Ida B. Wells-Barnett Activist 16-Jul-1862 25-Mar-1931 Civil rights advocate

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