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Born 1796? or 1797? • Wilmington • North Carolina
Died August 6, 1830 • Boston • Massachusetts

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Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass
United States official and diplomat
Lydia Maria Child
Lydia Maria Child
American author
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
American author
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman
American abolitionist
Richard Wright
Richard Wright
American writer
Stanley Crouch
American journalist and critic
Sonia Sanchez
American poet, playwright, and educator
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton
United States statesman
Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine
British-American author
Adams, Henry
Henry Adams
American historian
From author to vice president
J.D. Vance
vice president of the United States
William Lloyd Garrison
William Lloyd Garrison
American editor, writer, and abolitionist
John Brown
John Brown
American abolitionist
Lew Wallace
Lewis Wallace
American author, soldier, and diplomat
Horace Greeley
Horace Greeley
American journalist
Wright, Frances
Frances Wright
American social reformer
Shirley Temple
Shirley Temple
American actress and diplomat
Fred Harris
American politician, educator, and writer
Mercy Otis Warren
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Robert Gould Shaw.
Robert Gould Shaw
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