Alexander Kelly
Alexander Kelly, born on April 5, 1840, in Saltsburg, Conemaugh Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, stands as a towering figure in American military history. As a...
Martin Robison Delany
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Martin Robison Delany, born on May 6, 1812, in Charles Town, Virginia, was a prominent figure in African American history during the 19th century. His...
Nicholas Biddle
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Nicholas Biddle, an escaped slave born around 1796 in Delaware, is recognized as the first man to shed blood in the Civil War. Little is...
Col. Joshua John Ward
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Colonel Joshua John Ward was a wealthy plantation owner and politician who lived in the 19th century in South Carolina. He was born in 1800...
Robert F.W. Allston
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Robert Francis Withers Allston was a 19th-century American politician and planter who was born in Georgetown, South Carolina in 1801. He came from a wealthy...
Col. Joseph A. S. Acklen
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Colonel Joseph A. S. Acklen was an American plantation owner and businessman who lived in the mid-19th century. He was born in Huntsville, Alabama, in...
William Aiken
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William Aiken was an American businessman and politician who lived in the 19th century. He was born in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1806, and he...
Benjamin Montgomery
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Benjamin Montgomery was born into slavery in 1819 in Loudon County, Virginia. He was sold to Joseph E. Davis, a Mississippi planter. Davis was the...
Sarah Elisabeth Goode
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Sarah Elisabeth Goode holds a significant place in history as one of the first African-American women to receive a patent from the United States government....