Harriet Ann Jacobs (February 11, 1813 - March 7, 1897) was an African-American writer who escaped from slavery and was later freed. She became an abolitionist speaker and reformer.
Austin Steward (1793 - February 15, 1869) was an African-American abolitionist and author. He was born a slave; his autobiography, "Twenty-Two Years a Slave", was published in 1857.
William Still (October 7, 1821 - July