During the bright and hopeful days I spent in Ohio, while away on my preaching tour, I had heard much of the course pursued by fugitives from slavery, and became acquainted with a number of benevolent men engaged in helping them on their way. Canada was o
Georgia Gordon Taylor, a native Nashvillian, was an original Fisk University Jubilee Singer. Georgia was among the first group of singers to tour the United States and Europe in 1872-73, when the Jubilee Singers appeared before Queen Victoria in England.
Paul Cuffee, Negro shipowner and colonizer, was born near New Bedford, Massachusetts. As a free Negro whose father had been a slave, Cuffee became greatly concerned over the status of the Negroes in his native state and throughout America to the extent th
Where the Healys are remembered today, it is as African Americans: several of them are now celebrated as the "first black" achievers in their fields. They themselves, however, recoiled from such an identification. Wherever possible they sought a
Gateway Virginia again takes part in the month-long celebration of black history with 12 new profiles of historically significant African Americans who have Virginia connections.
Known for a certain regal bearing and majestic stature, Charity "Duchess" Quamino also cultivated enviable talents in the kitchen that earned her a reputation as Rhode Island's leading pastry chef in her time.
Jane Manning was born in New Hampshire in 1813, the daughter of free blacks who were not held in slavery. She joined the Presbyterian Church as a teenager, but was dissatisfied, feeling there was something far greater in her future. She soon heard mission
Sally Hemings, whose given name was probably Sarah, was the daughter of Elizabeth (Betty) Hemings and, allegedly, John Wayles, Thomas Jefferson's father-in-law. She became Thomas Jefferson's property as part of his inheritance from the Wayles es
During the American Revolution a black fifer and drummer named Barzillai Lew served in several army regiments and played the fife at the Battle of Bunker Hill. His father Primus Lew had served in the French and Indian War of 1745, and Barzillai was born i
Charles S. Johnson was born in Bristol, Virginia, on July 24, 1893. He attended Wayland Academy and received his undergraduate degree from Virginia Union University. Johnson `` completed the doctoral degree in 1917 at the University of Chicago. While a st
