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Henry Louis Gates, Jr.'s
100 Amazing Facts About the Negro
- J. A. Rogers’ 100 Amazing Facts About the NegroHenry Louis Gates, Jr. describes the man who inspired his 100 Amazing Facts About the Negro series.
- Which Slave Sailed Himself to Freedom?Robert Smalls made a daring sea escape during the Civil War and went on to serve five terms in Congress.
- Madam Walker, the First Black American Woman to Be a Self-Made MillionaireMadam C.J. Walker, the first black millionairess in America, invented the world's first hair-straightening formula.
- What Was the Second Middle Passage?The growth of the cotton economy and the internal slave trade in America forced families to separate and migrate once again.
- George Washington’s Runaway Slave, HarryHarry's determination to be free suggests that not all of the slaves found Washington to be the benevolent master whom historians have depicted.
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