The birth of El Yanga in circa 1545 is celebrated on this date. He was an African abolitionist and a leader of a slave rebellion in Mexico during...
Category: Activist / Abolitionist.
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Tue, 1545-07-31
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Sun, 1605-02-06
*The Palmares community in 1605 is celebrated on this date. This was a Brazilian settlement of runaway and freeborn African slaves.
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Sat, 1655-11-20
The life of Zumbi in 1655 is celebrated on this date. He was an Afro Brazilian abolitionist and soldier.
Zumbi pronounced: "Zoom-bee")...
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Thu, 1735-11-10
Granville Sharpe was born on this date in 1735. He was a European abolitionist and philanthropist.
He was born in Durham, England, the...
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Mon, 1742-04-30
*Elizabeth Freeman’s birth in 1742 is celebrated on this date. She was a Black slave and abolitionist.
She was born to enslaved African...
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Wed, 1759-01-17
*Paul Cuffe was born on this date in 1759. He was an Black philanthropist, merchant, sea captain and abolitionist.
The son of a former...
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Fri, 1759-08-24
William Wilberforce was born on this date in 1759. He was a White British abolitionist.
He was born in Hull, England, the son of a...
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Thu, 1760-03-13
*The birth of Thomas Clarkson in 1760 is celebrated on this date. He was a European abolitionist against slavery.
Clarkson, from Wisbech...
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Mon, 1765-09-30
José Morelos y Pavyn was born on this date in 1765. He was an Afro Mexican priest, soldier, abolitionist, and an early leader of Mexico's...
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Tue, 1766-09-02
*James Forten’s birth is marked on this date in 1766. He was a Black businessman and abolitionist.
From Philadelphia of free Black...
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Tue, 1767-10-06
On this date in 1767, Henri Christophe was born. He was a West African slave and became an early Black king of (Haiti).
Christophe was...
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Thu, 1767-12-31
This date celebrates the life of Denmark Vesey in 1767. He was a Black abolitionist who planned the most extensive slave revolt in U.S. history,...
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Fri, 1776-07-12
The birth of Gabriel Prosser in 1776 is remembered on this date. He was a Black abolitionist.
A slave child, Gabriel was born to the...
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Wed, 1778-01-28
*James Tallmadge, Jr. was born on this date 1778. He was a White American politician and abolitionist.
Born in Stanford, Dutchess County...
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Fri, 1784-12-10
*Charles Avery was born on this date in 1784. He was a White European merchant, businessman and abolitionist.
Little is known of his...
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Wed, 1785-09-28
One this date, the Registry remembers the birth of David Walker in 1785. He was a Black abolitionist and publisher.
Born in Wilmington, N...
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Sun, 1787-05-20
This date in 1787 recalls the Rankin House, a pivotal point of shelter for many Black slaves escaping bondage before emancipation.
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Sat, 1787-06-30
The Underground Railroad, the organization which helped escaped African slaves from the South on their journey to freedom in the North and Canada...
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Sun, 1789-01-04
Benjamin Lundy was born on this date in 1789. He was a White American abolitionist and news publisher.
He was from Sussex County, New...
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Mon, 1789-06-15
This date marks the birth of Josiah Henson in 1789. He was an 18th century Black abolitionist.
The first anti-slavery law in Canada was...
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