Black Codes Black Codes was a name given to laws passed by southern governments established during the presidency of Andrew Johnson.. spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASblackcode...
Arthur Tappan Helped fund several anti-slavery journals and in 1831 helped establish America's first Anti-Slavery Society.. spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAStappanA.h...
Mary Ann Cary Mary Ann Cary was born in Wilmington, Delaware, on 9th October, 1823. The oldest of 13 children she moved to Canada after the passing of the Fugitive Slave Act in 1851 spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAWcary.htm
Ida Wells Ida Wells, the daughter of a carpenter, was born in Holly Springs, Mississippi, in 1862. Her parents were slaves but they family achieved freedom in 1865 spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWwells.htm
Turner Revolt Nat Turner, a slave owned by Joseph Travis of Southampton, Virginia, believed that he had been chosen by God to lead a slave rebellion spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASturnerR.h...
Slave Childhood Pregnant slaves were expected to continue until their child was born. Only a month's rest was allowed for recovery from child-bearing. The women then carried the child on their backs while they worked in the fields spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASchildhood...
Elijah Lovejoy Elijah Parish Lovejoy, the son of a Congregational minister... spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASlovejoy.h...
Thomas Clarkson Thomas Clarkson was born in Wisbech in 1760. He was educated at St. John's College, Cambridge, and was afterwards ordained as a deacon spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/REclarkson.ht...
Walt Whitman Walt Whitman, one of nine children, was born in West Hills, Long Island on 31st May, 1819.. spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASwhitman.h...
Josephine Ruffin Josephine St. Pierre, was born in Boston on 31st August, 1842. Her mother was a white woman and her father had been born in Martinique spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASruffin.ht...
Susan Anthony During the American Civil War Anthony strongly supported the Union cause. She aided the administration of President Abraham Lincoln by forming the Women's Loyal League.. spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAWanthony.h...
Austin Steward Austin Steward was born a slave in Prince William County, Virginia, in 1793. His master, William Helm, owned over a hundred slaves spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASsteward.h...
Charles Fox Charles Fox, the son of the Henry Fox, a leading politician in the House of Commons, was born on 24th January, 1749. After being educated at Eton and Oxford University spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/PRfox.htm
Mary Lease Mary Clyens, the daughter of Irish immigrants, was born in 1850.. spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAleaseM.htm...
Joseph Gurney Joseph Gurney was born in Norwich on 2nd August, 1788. Joseph was the tenth child of John Gurney, a successful banker and a prominent member of the Society of Friends.. spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAgurney.htm