Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet (1787-1851) Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet (December 10, 1787–September 10, 1851) was born in Philadelphia. In 1805 he graduated from Yale University. He wanted to do many things such as study law, engage in trade, or study divinity. In 1814 Gallaudet became a preacher. After pursuing with that Gallaudet became interested in writing children's books.
Abijah and Lucy married in Deerfield where they had their six children. Their names were Tatnai, Cesar, Drucilla, Durexa, Abijah Jr. and Festus. They also lived in a small house which is now Deerfield Academy. By law, Lucy and her children should have remained slaves since the offspring of slaves follow the condition of the mother. Despite the fact, neither Lucy or her six children were ever slaves again.
Book Summary Robert E. Lee was born on January 19, 1807 in Virginia. Lee had two heroes that he looked up to. One was George Washington and the other was his father, Henry Lee, who fought in the America revolution. Henry Lee was also Governor of Virginia from 1791 to 1794. When Robert was eleven his father died and his mother became ill. Robert had to take care of his sick mother and still attend school.
Mervy Michael HIST 366-001/ Prof. Moran Final Paper 12/2/14 Topic 2: Protest versus Accommodation: The W.E.B. Du Bois & Booker T. Washington Debate Booker T. Washington and W.E.B Du Bois are revered as two of the most important figures in black history. Booker T. Washington was born a slave to a black mother and white father. Throughout his whole life he was quite poor and from a young age worked in salt mines. Through a scholarship, however, he was able to study at Hampton Normal Agricultural Institute of Virginia and years later he graduated in 1875.
“Failure is a word that I simply don’t accept” John H. Johnson Defying the odds was John H. Johnson passion. He rose from poverty to become one of the most influential African American publishers in American history. Born in Arkansas in 1918, he was the grandson of slaves, his father was killed in a sawmill accident when he was eight. At that time, in Arkansas, blacks could not attend high school so in order to keep learning he attended 8th grade twice. His mother worked as a cook and as washerwomen for many years to support the family and to save enough to move her family to Chicago.
Parks “was then elected the first secretary of the state conference” (Theoharis 27). This later allowed her to travel up to a two week workshop at the Highlander Folk School and help her refresh and see how the rest of the world treats African Americans. From returning from the workshop Mrs. Parks would perform the act that made her famous today. It has been told in a verity of ways by different authors but I think Jeanne Theoharis explains it very well.
In 1841 he lobbied successfully for the abolition of the sojourner law, which permitted slave owners to visit the state briefly with their slaves. He also lectured on behalf of the Fugitive Aid Society. An active reporter on education to the black national convention movement of the 1850s, he was secretary of the 1853 (July 6-8) convention in Rochester, New York. He spoke out against the American Colonization Society and Garnet's African Civilization Society. In 1849 Reason, along with J. W. C. Pennington and Frederick Douglass, sponsored a mass demonstration against colonization at Shiloh Presbyterian Church in New York City.
His family gained freedom in 1865 as the Civil War ended, and his mother took them to West Virginia to join her husband. Booker t. Washington took his father’s surname Washington. Booker t Washington worked in salt furnaces and coal mines in West Virginia for several years. Determined to educate himself, he traveled hundreds of miles until he arrived at the Hampton Institute. The
Shortly after that, Franklin married his childhood sweetheart, Deborah Reed. In the autobiography, called The Autobiography and Short Writings, Ben Franklin mentioned that he and his wife became well-known in their community by owning and operating a print shop, general store, and book store (55). An enterprising man, Franklin bought the Pennsylvania Gazette after having much success in the colonies with his other family-owned businesses. Franklin was in charge of printing the paper and also writing articles (The Electric Ben Franklin 5). Once again, Franklin used different names other than his own when submitting the articles.
* Adams defended the British soldiers during the Boston Massacre trial. * John Adams helped Thomas Jefferson draft the Declaration of Independence. Those are, some of the reasons we need to remember Adams as a