Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

male, 46 years old (United States)
President of the United States, assassinated, Civil War, Gettysburg Address, abolitionofslavery, Republican…16th president of the United States, Confederate States of America
Reviews Lincoln's early years as a farmer and his significant impact on U.S. agriculture, including the establishment of the USDA and the...
Granville Sharp

Granville Sharp

male, deceased (1813)
Old Dunelmian, Clapham Sect, English, note, durham, flute…abolitionofslavery, abolition of the slave trade
Granville Sharp (10 November 1735 - 6 July 1813) was a British campaigner for the abolition of the slave trade, and classicist.
Deodoro da Fonseca

Deodoro da Fonseca

male, deceased (1892)
Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca, War of the Triple Alliance, sao paulo, abolitionofslavery, Brazilian, President of Brazil…Marshal of Brazil, revolution of 1848, European year of failed liberal revolutions, Isabella, Princess Imperial of Brazil, Republic of Brazil
Field Marshal Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca, pron., (August 5, 1827 - August 23, 1892) overthrew Emperor Pedro II and became the first president of the...
John Venn

John Venn

male, deceased (1923)
Christian, Evangelical, Hull,Yorkshire, Old Cholmeleian, prison reform, abolitionofslavery…University of Hull, Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, Fellow of the Royal Society
John Venn (born Hull,Yorkshire, August 4, 1834 - died Cambridge, April 4, 1923), was a British logician and philosopher, who is famous for...
Samuel Sharpe

Samuel Sharpe

male, deceased (1832)
Daddy Sharpe, Jamaican rebel slave, sharp, National Hero of Jamaica, montego bay, British Empire…slavery, abolitionofslavery, National Heroes of Jamaica, Slavery Abolition Act
Samuel 'Sam' Sharpe, or Sharp, (1801, Jamaica - May 23, 1832, Jamaica) was also known as Daddy Sharpe, was the slave leader behind the Jamaican...
Mum Bett

Mum Bett

female, deceased (1829)
W.E.B. DuBois, Nurse, Brom and Bett v. Ashley, all men are born free and equal, Massachusetts Constitution of 1780, Bill of Rights…abolitionofslavery
Mum Bett, later known as Elizabeth Freeman, was born to New York slaves in Claverack, New York, circa 1742. At the age of six months she and her...
Alphonse de Lamartine

Alphonse de Lamartine

male, deceased (1869)
Jocelyn, La Chute d'un ange, ORUVRES COMPLETES 41 VOLUMES, loved Julie Charles, died 28.2. or 1.3.1869, born 21.10.1790…Heads of state, turbulence of 1848, Member of the Académie française, Minister of Foreign Affairs, revolution of 1848
Alphonse Marie Louise Prat de Lamartine (October 21, 1790 - February 28, 1869) was a French writer, poet and politician, born in Mâcon into French p...
Charles Buxton

Charles Buxton

male, deceased (1871)
Westminster, brewer, architect, member of parliament, newport, maidstone…abolitionofslavery, member of the United Kingdom Parliament, Newport, Isle of Wight
Charles Buxton (18 November 1823 - 10 August 1871) was an English brewer, philanthropist, writer and Member of Parliament. Buxton was born in...

Luke Collingwood

male, deceased (1781)
Kingdom of Great Britain, slavery, abolitionofslavery, zong, Slave ship, Captain Luke Collingwood
Captain Luke Collingwood (died 1781) was captain of the slave ship the "Zong". He was a doctor aboard his previous slave ship and not experienced...