Tuesday, February 7, 2017

NOTE WORTHY

NOTABLE BLACK PEOPLE OF THE 1700'S



Crispus Attucks-First to die in American Revolution-1723-1770-Benjamin Banneker-Mathematician and Astronomer-1731-1806-Elizabeth Freeman-Freed of slavery in Massachusetts-1742-1829-Gustavus Vassa-Anti-slavery Orator,Writer-1745-1797-J. Baptiste Pointe DuSable-Explorer,Trader-1745-1814-Absalom Jones-Episcopal Priest,Church founder-1746-1818-Prince Hall-Father of Negro Freemason in the US-1748-1807-Phillis Wheatley-Poetess-1753-1784-Paul Cuffe-Sea Captain, Colonizer of Sierra Leone-1759-1817-Richard Allen-Founder African Methodist Episcopal Church-1760-1831-Catherine Ferguson-Pioneer,Educator-1770-1854-Sojourner Truth-Abolitionist,Civil Rights-1797-1883-James P. Beckwourth-Explorer,Indian Trader-1798-1867...




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