https://padlet.com/eking99_795/u7yrg4umrx4rgfqi For this assignment you are expected to introduce a historical figure to our class. Copy and paste an image of a person you wish to introduce to the class. In the title write the historical person's name. In the write it section write a short description (3-6 sentences) which explains why they are important to history and why YOU chose that person to share with us. Why is this particular person important to you? en-us 2020-09-20 16:29:47 UTC 2020-09-20 22:08:43 UTC hello@padlet.com https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1515325595179-59cd5262ca53?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&ixid=eyJhcHBfaWQiOjc4MjZ9 eking99_795 https://padlet.com/eking99_795/u7yrg4umrx4rgfqi/wish/762132406 One of my favorite characters of American History is not an American at all. A lover of liberty and a friend to the enslaved this Frenchman not only fought alongside and led patriots against the British to liberate the American Colonies during the American Revolution, but afterwards attempted to dismantle slavery by trying to convince the early leaders of the our nation (e.g. Washington, Jefferson, Madison) to abolish the institution not only from American society, but from their own personal plantations.  He later brought these ideals to France and drafted the Declaration of the Rights of Man which aided the French in a revolution of their own. Much of his life was spent in prison during the French Revolution.  This person is important to me because he was a fighter for justice and the liberty of humanity from tyranny. 

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