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Harriet Tubman
Born: Harriet Tubaman was born a slave in Dorchester County, Maryland in the 1820s. Birth Name: Araminta Greene Death: Harriet Tubman died in 1913 of natural causes. Best Known For: She was best known for conducting the underground railroad. |
Frederick Douglass
Born: He was born in 1817, in Tuckahoe, Maryland. Birth Name: Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey Death: He died on February 20, 1895 of a heart attack. Best Known For: Former slave turned anti-slavery leader. |
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Sojourner Truth
Born: 1797 Birth name: Isabella Baumfree Death: She died on November 26, 1883. Best Known For: She was best known as an abolitionist and feminist. |
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Martin Luther King Jr.
Born: January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, GA. Birth Name: Death: He died on April 4, 1968. He was assassinated by gunfire. Best known For: Civil Rights hero |
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