From Hardin County, Kentucky

Lincoln was the President to sign the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing Black people from slavery.

Despite being a lawyer, Lincoln didn't have a degree.

From Raleigh, North Carolina

Created the first public school system in Tennessee

He ran for Governor two times, once in 1853 and twice in 1855.

From Point Pleasant, Ohio

Sent troops to South Carolina to protect African Americans from harassment

First President to be arrested

From Delaware, Ohio

Declared that the federal government ensures tfree voting in elections.

Attended Harvard for law

From Fayatteville, North Carolina

Sent to fill a spot in the US Senate during reconstruction.

First Black man to be a part of the US Senate

From Georgetown, South Carolina

Protected civil rights of Chinese and Black people

First Black member of the House of Representatives

From Beaufort, South Carolina

Smalls was an advocate for education for all children and adults alike

He was born as a slave and successfully escaped his plantation by ship

From Talbot County, Maryland

Advocated for equal rights for all races

Taught himself how to read and write by himself

From Danville, Vermont

Helped freeing slaves from plantations as a lawyer

His mother insisted for his education, making him one of the few children with a disability (club foot) to have an education in the 1700s/1800s.

From New Lebanon, New York

After attending Yale for law, he continuously pushed to remove all slavery from the country.

Left 2 million dollars to fund the New York state library.

From the Isle of Wright, Georgia

During war, she was set off as a nurse to aid soldiers. She was also an educator

She was born as a slave but was freed during childhood

From Rifton, New York

She was a human rights activist, feminist, and author.

She made several speeches, her most famous being "Ain't I a Woman?"

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