Abraham Lincoln was born in Hardin County, Kentucky

He oversaw the 13th Amendment

He was the 16th president and oversaw the abolishion of slavery

Lived in a log cabin

Johnson was the only senator from the Confederate states to remain in Congress.

After serving an apprenticeship with a tailor, he moved to Greeneville, Tenn., where he opened a tailor shop in 1826.

Grant and his men fought the Battle of Shiloh, which was one of the bloodiest of the war.

He was the oldest of the 6 kids when he was born

Died: January 17, 1893 in Sandusky, Ohio, United States

Hayes servde as a trustee of the Peabody Education Fund and as president of the Slater Fund, both dedicated to further the education of Southern blacks.

Died: January 16, 1901 in Aberdeen, Mississippi, United States

For 2 years he worked with the Freedmen's Bureau and established several schools and churches for African Americans near Jackson and Vicksburg.

Revels served African American churches in Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, and Tennessee. He finally settled in Baltimore, where he became minister of a church and principal of a school for blacks.

Died: August 01, 1887 in Georgetown, South Carolina, United States

presented some 10 petitions for a civil rights bill which would have guaranteed blacks full constitutional rights and equal access to public accommodations.

Died: February 23, 1915 in United States

he escaped with slaves on a boat on fort Sumter heading to the north

During the Reconstruction era Smalls used his national reputation to gain political office in South Carolina, first as a state representative and later as a congressman in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Died: February 20, 1895 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Congress ratified the Thirteenth Amendment, which ended slavery in the United States. Douglass served in a number of government positions after the war. He ran the American embassy in the Dominican Republic for two years, an appointment that made him the first black person to hold such an office.

In 1877, Douglass visited his old owner Thomas Auld and the two supposedly reconciled.

Died: August 11, 1868 in Washington, District of

In 1868 Stevens served on the committee that drafted the articles of impeachment against Johnson and was a manager of the case before the Senate. Johnson was acquitted in May, and Stevens died on August 11 in Washington. He requested that he be buried in a black cemetery to "illustrate in my death the principles which I advocated through a long life--Equality of Man before his Creator."

he graduated from Dartmouth in 1814 and became a successful lawyer.

Died: August 04, 1886 in Yonkers, New York, United

During the 1840s Tilden associated with the reformist, antislavery wing of the New York Democrats.

He won the Democratic presidential nomination in 1876.

Died: October 12, 1912 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States

When the war broke out Taylor was sent to the Georgia coast by her owners.

Field Duty. Taylor often traveled with the regiment as a medical orderly

Died: November 26, 1883 in Battle Creek, Michigan, United States

Nineteenth century, the state of New York was beginning to free its slaves. Dumont promised to free Truth after she had completed a series of tasks for him, promising to set her free on July 4, 1826. When this day arrived Dumont went back on his promise and would not free Truth. She decided to leave anyway and escaped with her infant daughter but was forced to leave her other children behind because they were still the property of Dumont.

She was a slave at 9 years old and was sold to a new owner named John neely. neely paid $100 and a group of sheep for Truth.

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