Died: April 15, 1865 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States

He freed the slaves in 1863 with the Emancipation proclamation

He worked as a lawyer and was elected to house of representatives

Died on January 16 1901

He founded schools for black children during reconstruction

He was a university administrator

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

Frederick Douglass was an African American writer, activist, and politician. Douglass sought to end the practice of slavery.

He used stories about his own life to encourage both white and black people to fight for equality

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Died: July 31, 1875 in Carter Station, Tennessee, United States

He wanted a rapid and lenient reconstruction process focused on quickly bringing the south back in.

He was the 17th president in the united states

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

As a member of Congress, Rainey presented some 10 petitions for a civil rights bill which would have guaranteed blacks full constitutional rights and equal access to public accommodations.

He was the first black member of the house of representatives

Died: August 11, 1868 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States

He funded the war effort and later funded reconstruction

He supported the rights of blacks for decades

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He died on July 23 1885

He protected the rights of former enslaved people and expanded republican influence of very the region

Grant spent his youth in Georgetown, Ohio, was graduated from West Point in 1843, and served creditably in the Mexican War

Died: February 23, 1915 in United States

Harper's Weekly published a celebrated article about the great escape along with pictures of Smalls and the Confederate gunboat. To honor the feat, Congress passed a bill bestowing a cash prize to Smalls and the other crew members

He went from slave to congressmen

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

He served as the 25th Governor of new York

He was once a lawyer

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

Hayes moderated his views and as president ended that era by withdrawing military support for Republican state governments in the South.

He was the nineteenth president in the United States

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

Samuel Jones Tilden was the first African American nurse during the Civil War and the only Black woman to publish a memoir of her wartime experiences

Samuel Jones Tilden escaped from the Confederate fort pulaski with her uncle and other enslaved people on a federal gun boat

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

Sojourner Truth was an American abolitionist and activist for African-American civil rights

Sojourner Truth had 5 children