1.
Solomon
Northup, aka “Platt” – I chose this character from 12 Years A Slave because he is the
protagonist. He was originally a freedman and was kidnapped
back into slavery. This shows his struggle to freedom and creates a wonderful
success story.
2.
Abdulrahman Ibrahim Ibn Sori- a prince from West Africa
who was enslaved until President Adams freed him.
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1. Anna j. Cooper: Anna Julia Cooper was
born in 1858 into slavery and went on to become a celebrated American author
educator and scholar. She also became
for African-American women in history to taint a doctoral degree in 1924.
2. Toussaint Louvreture: Born as a slave
in a plantation of Breda at Haut de
Cap in Saint Domingue.
Freed at age 33 he continue to work on the plantation as an employee. He was
also the leader of the Haitian Revolution, his military
prowess helped in the independence in Haiti and also set an example for the
rest of the New World slaves.
3. Robert Smalls: Mr.Smalls guided his family
and fellow escapees to the north from South Carolina where he was a wheel man
aboard the confederate
steamer CSS Planter in Charleston, South Carolina. When arrived to
the north him and the escapees where hailed as heroes in the north, and their
courage and cunning were held up as evidence that blacks could make good
soldiers.
4. Sojourner Truth: considered as one of
the great abolitionists, activities,
speakers, and thinkers of all time. Born in the slavery in 1797 she possessed
the gift of public
speaking
and fervently about abolishing slavery and about the needs of women's rights
5. Denmark Vesey: was an African American
slave, and later a freeman from South Carolina. After gaining his freedom, he
planned what would have been one of the largest slave
rebellions
in the United States. But details of
rebellion were leaked and he was executed.
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2. Patsy from 12 years a slave for her
strength and work ethic picking 500 pounds of
cotton
every day.
5. Gasper Yanga from Veracruz, Mexico who
fought the Spanish colonist and in 1618 who a small settlement (Town Yanga) where he ruled.
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1.) Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf: she is the 24th
and current president of Liberia...
many people have praised her for bringing stability back to Liberia after many
years of civil war, and was awarded the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize..
2.)
Patrice Lumumba: he founded the mainstream Movement National Congolais (MVC) party... he
played a major role in campaigning for independence from Belgium...
3.)
Julius Nyerere: In 1964 he successfully negotiated the union of Zanzibar
and Taganyika
which is today's Tanzania...
4.)
Kwame Nkrumah: the leader of Ghana while known as the Gold Coast...the first prime
minister of Ghana, he was one of the founding members of the organization which
later became African Union...
5.)
Nelson Mandela: known best for his anti-apartheid
movement.. inspired by Ghandi.. he directed a peaceful.. non-violent
defiance against South African government and its racist policies.
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1. Harriet Tubman: I chose Harriet Tubman
because she was a very strong woman, she did what nobody else would do. She
risked her life rescuing her family and
other living in slavery.
2. Toni Morrison: I chose her because of
her novel “Beloved” the book was
about a woman named Sethe, who was born a slave and escaped to Ohio, but
eighteen years later she is still not free.
3. Dred Scott: Dred Scott was a slave who
attempted to sue for his freedom in the court case Scott v. Sandford (1857).
4. Toby Waller: Toby Waller also known as Kunta Kinte is a character in
the novel/movie Roots. I like him because he never lost his connection within
his African American heritage.
5. Madam C.J Walker: Madam C.J. Walker,
who was born as Sarah Breedlove, created specialized hair
products
for African-American hair and was one of the first American women to become a
self-made millionaire.
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2. Margaret Garner. I like her because she
killed her 2 year
old daughter
with a butcher knife, rather than see her returned to slavery.
3. Abram
Petrovich Gannibal. I like him because he was a slave, then he became a
general and a governor.
5. Saint
Patrick. I like him because six years after he was captured as a slave he
escaped and became a monk.
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1.
Frederick
Douglass: Frederick
Douglass
was an African-American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and
statesman. Douglass was born into slavery sometime around 1818 in Talbot County,
Maryland.
He became one of the most famous intellectuals of his time, advising presidents
and lecturing to thousands on a range of causes, including women’s rights and
Irish home rule.
2.
Booker
T. Washington: Born a slave on a small farm in western Virginia. Growing up
during Reconstruction and imbued with moral as opposed to intellectual
training, he came to believe that postwar social uplift had begun at the wrong
end: the acquisition of political and civil rights rather than economic self-determination.
Washington was a pragmatist who engaged in
deliberate ambiguity in order to sustain white recognition of his leadership.
3.
Nat
Turner, born into slavery on October 2, 1800, on a Southampton County
plantation,
became a preacher who claimed he had been chosen by God to lead slaves from
bondage. Turner He recruited several other slaves to join him in his rebellion.
On August 21, 1831, Turner and his supporters began their revolt against white
slave owners with the killing the Travis family. About 55 white men, women and
children died during Turner's rebellion.
4.
Kunta
Kinte: Kunta Kinte was one of 98 slaves brought to Annapolis, Maryland aboard
the ship Lord Ligonier in 1767. Kunta Kinte's experience symbolizes the
struggle of all ethnic groups to preserve their cultural heritage. He is well
known from the book called "Roots"
5.
Toussaint
L’Ouverture: Born into slavery on May 20, 1743 in the French colony of Saint
Dominque, L’Ouverture was the eldest son of Gaou Guinon, an African prince who
was captured by slavers. Inspired by French Revolutionary ideology and angered
by generations of abuse at the hands of white planters, the initial slave
uprising was quelled within several days, but ongoing fighting between the
slaves, free blacks, and planters continued.
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1.) Margaret Garner- Margaret showed great
sacrifice by choosing to take the life of her 2 year old daughter to prevent
her from being re enslaved.
2.)
Abraham Gannibal- General Gannibal was able to reach great heights as a slave.
After being brought to Great Britain by
Peter the Great
he became major general, military engineer, and governor of Reval.
3.)
Nat Turner- Mr. Turner is very courageous in that he led a successful slave
rebellion
even when outnumbered by white opposing forces.
4.)
Frederick Douglas- Worked very hard to become proficient in English through
bible reading and classic orations and listening to sermons of antislavery
pastors. After he escaped enslavement he moved to New York and founded an
abolition journal known as The North Star.
5.)
York- York is the 1st
African-American to travel from the Atlantic to the Pacific across the North
America continent.
Our history books don't mention this but, he was actually the slave of William Clark.
On the Lewis and Clark expedition he was a major factor to their survival in
that he provided in medical services, and traded with Native American tribes
for goods along the way.
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1. Marcus Garvey, he was
a proponent of the black
nationalism and Pan-
African movement inspiring the Nation of Islam
and the Rastafarian
movement I like the fact that he was self-educated and he was
activist for his people.
2. Angela
Davis, she was an American political right activist and
academic scholar I like the fact that she advocates for the oppressed!
3. Arthur Ash, I like that he
used his platform in the world of his own personal struggles to raise awareness
of AIDS via blood infusions
4.Elizabeth Jennings Graham, she won a
lawsuit against New York's _Third Avenue
Railway Company
she was ejected from a street car because of the color of her skin she
challenged segregation on public transportation!
5. Wole Soyinta, he was a
Nigerian playwright, poet, author, teacher and political activist who the
recipient of the Nobel Prize for literature in 1986 I like that her dedicated
his Nobel acceptance speech to Nelson Mandela!
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2. Dosia
Harris (South Carolina) - cotton
plantation; 60 year old woman; cares for numerous infants while
their mothers and older siblings work in the fields.
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