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Joseph Cinqué Biography
Joseph Cinqué(Sengbe Pieh)slave leaderBorn: 1811Birthplace: Sierra Leone, Africa Cinqué was a rice farmer in his native Sierra Leone when he was captured by Portuguese slavers and brought by…Patrisia Gonzales Biography
Patrisia GonzalesjournalistBorn: 6/1959Birthplace: Ft. Worth, Tex. Gonzales earned a bachelor of journalism degree from the University of Texas in Austin in 1981. She also attended the…Jean Baptiste Point du Sable Biography
Jean Baptiste Point du Sablefounder of ChicagoBorn: c. 1750Birthplace: St. Marc, Saint-Domingue (present-day Haiti) Du Sable had a French father and an African-born slave mother. He was…Eliza Lucas Pinckney Biography
Eliza Lucas PinckneyhorticulturistBorn: 1722Birthplace: Antigua Daughter of a British army officer, Eliza Lucas grew up on the Caribbean island of Antigua but attended finishing school in…Emily Bissell Biography
Emily BissellChristmas Seal designerBorn: 1861Birthplace: Wilmington, Del. Born into a prosperous family, Bissell became a social worker in 1876. She was instrumental in establishing the…George Shima Biography
George ShimaagriculturalistBorn: c. 1865Birthplace: Japan After failing his university exams, Kinji Ushijima migrated to California in 1888. Unlike most Japanese immigrants, he arrived with…Henrietta Chamberlain King Biography
Henrietta Chamberlain KingrancherBorn: 7/21/1832Birthplace: Boonville, Mo. Henrietta Maria Morse Chamberlain was an only child whose mother died when she was three. Her father, a Presbyterian…Theresa Hayward Bell Biography
Theresa Hayward BellAmerican Indian activistBorn: 1952Birthplace: Camp Lejeune, N.C. The daughter of a military officer, Bell moved frequently as a child. However, as a member of the…Vera Brittain Biography
Vera Brittainnovelist, poetBorn: 1893Birthplace: Newcastle under Lyme, England The daughter of a wealthy paper manufacturer, Brittain dropped out of Somerville College at Oxford to work as a…Zheng He Biography
Zheng HeexplorerBorn: c. 1371Birthplace: China An admiral in the Imperial Chinese navy, Zheng He made seven voyages to Southeast Asia, India, and Africa to explore and trade. In 1405 Zheng…Trending
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