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| Wrote the oldest known work of poetry by an African American titled "The Bar's Fight." |
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| Jean Baptiste Point du Sable |
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| Known as the founder of Chicago. |
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| Was shot and killed during a heroic moment of the Boston Massacre. |
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| Correctly predicted solar and lunar eclipses, made almanacs, corresponded with Thomas Jefferson, and helped determine the location of prominent buildings in Washington, D.C. |
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| First African-American poet and first African-American woman to publish a book. |
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| Fought in many battles of The American Revolutionary War, famous for killing British officer Major John Pitcairn during the Battle of Bunker Hill. |
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| Served as a spy for Marquis de Lafayette during the Revolutionary War, helping the Americans defeat the British during the Battle of Yorktown. |
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| also known as Mum Bet,she influenced the end of slavery in Massachusetts when she won a law suit that declared her enslavement illegal and provided her with financial damages from her previous owner. |
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| Founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the first independent black denomination in the United States. |
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| In the summer of 1800, he planned a large slave rebellion in the Richmond area that was unsuccessful due to weather issues and slaves that "snitched." |
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| Participated in the Lewis and Clark expedition and worked as a translator during the expedition |
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| Purchased his freedom but later tried to orchestrate a slave rebellion that was exposed. He was killed along with his brothers. |
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