Sojourner
Truth
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Sojourner
Truth, once a slave, became a famous preacher who spoke out against
slavery, although unable to read or write.
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Harriett
Tubman
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Harriett
Tubman, known as the "Black Moses," returned to the South
more than 18 times to help Blacks escape slavery. She followed the
North Star and led about 300 slaves to freedom on the Underground
Railroad between 1850 and 1865.
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Marcus Garvey
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to fame:
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Marcus Garvey was a gifted leader who pioneered
the Back-to-Africa movement.
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Frederick Douglass
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Frederick Douglass was
born a slave in 1809. It was against the law to teach slaves to
read, but his owners did. He escaped from slavery, improved his
reading and writing and started a newspaper.
He also became a very powerful, anti-slavery speaker and was
a key person on the Underground Railroad.
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