Aaron Alpeoria Bradley (c. 1815–1881) was a lawyer and civil rights activist in the United States. He was born into slavery, escaped, and became a lawyer in Massachusetts in 1856. After the American Civil War he moved to Georgia.
Aaron Commodore (born 1819 or 1820, died June 24, 1892) was an African-American businessman, politician, and formerly enslaved person. He served on the Virginia House of Delegates from 1875 to 1877.
Aaron Stone Pierre (born 7 June 1994) is a British actor and model. He is best known for his roles as John Stewart / Green Lantern in the DC Universe (DCU), Dev-Em in Krypton (2018–2019), Caesar Garner in The Underground Railroad (2021), Rapper "Mid-Sized…
Aaron S. Coleman (born 1985) is an American multidisciplinary artist who works in printmaking, sculpture, and installation. He recontextualizes found imagery and artifacts to create jarring juxtapositions in his exploration of the legacy of slavery,…
Abby Fisher, sometimes spelled as Abbie Fisher (c. 1831 – 1915) was an American former slave from South Carolina who earned her living as a pickle manufacturer in San Francisco and published the second known cookbook by a Black woman in the United States,…
Abdul Rahman Ibrahima ibn Sori (Arabic: عبد الرحمن ابراهيم سوري; 1762 – July 6, 1829) was a Fula prince and Amir (commander) from the Fouta Djallon region of Guinea, West Africa, who was captured and sold to slave traders and transported to the United…
Abigail (died December 1783), called Abby, was an African American woman enslaved by the American statesman John Jay. She died after attempting to escape in 1783 in Paris, where Jay helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris to secure America's independence. The…
Abner Hunt Francis (1813 – March 28, 1872) was an African-American abolitionist and entrepreneur who advocated for equality in New Jersey, Oregon, and British Columbia. He was a founding member of an anti-slavery institution, businessman, and became the…
An abolitionist and shoemaker, Shadd won election to the Raleigh Township council in Canada West in 1859, opening a path later followed by other Black Canadians.
Abraham Harris Galloway (February 8, 1837 – September 1, 1870) was an American abolitionist and politician. A former slave, he served as a Union Army spy and early black political organizer in eastern North Carolina during the American Civil War. After the…
Abraham Lincoln DeMond (June 6, 1867 – January 19, 1936) was an American minister and advocate for African-American emancipation in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. On January 1, 1900, at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, he gave a speech, The Negro…
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