Notable Free Negroes
- Frederick Douglass: Reformer, Writer, and statesman
- Sojourner Truth: Abolitionist and Women’s Rights activist
- William Ellison: Property owner and businessman
- Thomas L. Jennings: First African American granted a U.S. Patent
- Elizabeth Freeman: One of the first black slaves to file a freedom suit
- Phyllis Wheatley: The first published African-American poet
- Lucy Terry: Author
- Maria Stewart: Journalist, Abolitionist, and Activist
- Harriet Wilson: Novelist
- Harriet Jacobs: Writer and Abolitionist
- David Walker: Abolitionist
- Sarah Parker Remond: Physician, lecturer, and abolitionist
- David Ruggles: Anti-slavery activist
- William Still: Abolitionist, writer, and activist
- Henry Highland Garnet: Abolitionist and educator
- Martin Delany: Abolitionist, Writer, physician, and proponent of black nationalism
- Daniel Payne: Educator, College administrator, and author
- Robert Purvis: Abolitionist
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