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8 de may. de 2024 · Frederick Douglass, African American abolitionist, orator, newspaper publisher, and author who is famous for his first autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself. He became the first Black U.S. marshal and was the most photographed American man of the 19th century.
- Ramsey Clark
Ramsey Clark (born December 18, 1927, Dallas, Texas—died...
- Benjamin Lundy
Benjamin Lundy was an American publisher and leading...
- Henry Highland Garnet
Henry Highland Garnet (born 1815, New Market (now...
- Henry Adams
Henry Adams (born February 16, 1838, Boston—died March 27,...
- Samantha Power
Samantha Power, American journalist, human rights scholar,...
- IDA B. Wells
Ida B. Wells-Barnett (born July 16, 1862, Holly Springs,...
- Rutherford B. Hayes
Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th president of the United States...
- Benjamin Harrison
Benjamin Harrison (born August 20, 1833, North Bend, Ohio,...
- Ramsey Clark
Hace 5 días · In 1826 the first European settlement in the state, a penal colony called Frederickstown (for Frederick Augustus, duke of York and Albany), was established there by the British. Known as Albany by 1832, it became an important whaling base during the 1840s.
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9 de may. de 2024 · Augustus II (born May 12, 1670, Dresden, Saxony [Germany]—died February 1, 1733, Warsaw, Poland) was the king of Poland and elector of Saxony (as Frederick Augustus I). Though he regained Poland’s former provinces of Podolia and Ukraine, his reign marked the beginning of Poland’s decline as a European power.
14 de may. de 2024 · Frederick II ( German: Friedrich II.; 24 January 1712 – 17 August 1786) was the monarch of Prussia from 1740 until 1786. He was the last Hohenzollern monarch titled King in Prussia, declaring himself King of Prussia after annexing Royal Prussia from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1772. His most significant accomplishments include his ...
Hace 4 días · George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 1738 – 29 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until his death in 1820. The Acts of Union 1800 unified Great Britain and Ireland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, with George as its king. He was concurrently Duke and Prince-elector of Hanover ...
10 de may. de 2024 · We know that Frederick Douglass was born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey in 1818 in Talbot County, Maryland. We also know that he was the offspring of a white man whom he believed was his enslaver, Aaron Anthony. This fact is often questioned. His mother was an enslaved woman named Harriet Bailey.
13 de may. de 2024 · Photo via NYPL collections. Augustus Frederick Sherman worked as the Chief Registry Clerk on Ellis Island from the years 1892 to 1925. Thousands of people were arriving by ship from countries...
