Henry Walton Bibb was born on May 10, 1815, and died on August 1, 1854. He was an American writer and activist who worked to end slavery. Bibb wrote a book called Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave, which described his experiences as a slave, including several failed attempts to escape.
George DeBaptiste (about 1815–February 22, 1875) was an important African-American helper on the Underground Railroad in southern Indiana and Detroit, Michigan. He was born free in Virginia and later moved to Indiana, a state where slavery was not allowed. In 1840, he worked as a servant and later as a manager in the White House for U.S.
Lewis Hayden was born on December 2, 1811, and died on April 7, 1889. He escaped slavery in Kentucky with his family and traveled to Canada. Later, he moved to Boston, Massachusetts, where he started a school for African Americans.
Theodore Foster was born on April 29, 1752, and died on January 13, 1828. He was an American lawyer and politician from Rhode Island. He was a member of the Federalist Party and later joined the National Republican Party.
Elizabeth Margaret Chandler was born on December 24, 1807, and died on November 2, 1834. She was an American poet and writer who was born in Pennsylvania and later lived in Michigan. She is known as the first woman in the United States to write about ending slavery as her main subject.
Guy Beckley (1803–1847) was a Methodist Episcopal minister, abolitionist, Underground Railroad stationmaster, and lecturer. The Guy Beckley House is part of the National Park Service’s Underground Railroad Network to Freedom and the Journey to Freedom tour. It is located next to Beckley Park, which was named after him.
Erastus Hussey (1800–1889) was an important person who worked to end slavery. He helped people fleeing slavery by managing a station on the Underground Railroad. He also helped start the Republican Party.
Laura Smith Haviland was born on December 20, 1808, and passed away on April 20, 1898. She was an American abolitionist, a woman who worked to end slavery, and a social reformer who helped improve society. She was a member of the Religious Society of Friends, also known as Quakers, and played a key role in the history of the Underground Railroad, a network that helped enslaved people escape to freedom.
Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, about February 14, 1818 – February 20, 1895) was an American activist, abolitionist, speaker, writer, and leader. He was the most important leader of the movement to end slavery and fight for African-American rights in the 19th century. After escaping slavery in Maryland in 1838, Douglass became a leader in the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York.
Rory Gamble (born 1956) is an American factory worker and union leader. In November 2019, Gamble became the acting president of the United Auto Workers (UAW) after his predecessor, Gary Jones, suddenly resigned. Jones was charged with fraud and later found guilty of the crime.