Freedom’s Journal
Premiere Issue: March 16, 1827 First Black American Newspaper Freedom's [...]
Harriet Ross Tubman
March 1822 – March 10, 1913 Abolitionist / Soldier / [...]
Frederick Douglass
February 14, 1818 – February 20, 1895 Author / Statesman [...]
Mary Ellen Pleasant
August 19, 1814 – January 11, 1904 Entrepreneur / Business [...]
The Emancipation Proclamation
January 1, 1863 The Story Behind This Significant Moment On [...]
George Thomas Downing
December 30, 1819 – July 21, 1903 Restauranteur / Abolitionist [...]
Dr. John Stewart Rock
October 13, 1825 – December 3, 1866 Educator / Doctor [...]
Sojourner Truth (Isabella Baumfree)
1797 – November 26, 1883 Activist / Abolitionist Our sister [...]
Thomas Paul
September 3, 1773 – April 13, 1831 Minister / Abolitionist [...]
Benjamin Banneker
November 9, 1731 – October 19, 1806 Author / Surveyor [...]