William Wells Brown

Williams Wells Brown was the first African-American to publish a novel, a play, a travel book, a military study of his people and a study of black sociology. Throughout his life he was committed to the abolition of slavery.

William Wells Brown was brown in Lexington, Kentucky in 1815. His father was a white plantation owner and his mother was a black slave. Brown grew up with his father in the plantation, brown held many jobs which provided him knowledge about slavery  in the south and that's what lead him to his writing. Brown was a slave in the slave, he escaped in January 1835. Williams Wells Brown was important to the underground railroad he help many slaves escape to Canada. During his escape from the south he had help from a Quaker named Wells Brown. He Adopted his name when he became a free man. Brown married Elizabeth Schooner a free black women. Brown wife had three children together after moving to buffalo.
After his escape he taught him self to read and write Williams Brown became an active abolitionist and activist in the anti-slavery movement while he was working for a journalist for the abolitionist cause. Williams Wells Brown continued to participate as a conductor in the underground railroad also spoke publicly on abolition, women rights, peace and temperance.
William Wells Brown made many Accomplishments as a African American and also was a slave in the south but that didn't stop him from anything !

Source : http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap3/brown.html
Picture Source : http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap3/brown.html - Picture of Williams Wells Brown

Underground Railroad

The underground Railroad was a system which helped slaves from the south escape to the North. The Underground railroad started in 1787 when isacc T, Hopper, a Quaker began to organize a system for hiding and aiding fugitive slaves. Opponents of slavery allowed their homes called station stop in places and they were provided food, shelter and money. The routes went through 12 Northern States and Canada. It was estimated that by 1850 there was around 3,000 people that worked on the Underground Railroad to escape slaves and provide them with freedom.

There was also people known as conductors who went to the south and helped guide slaves to safety. One former slave who lead the Underground railroad was Harriet Tubman. she made about 19 secret trip to the south and lead 300 slaves to freedom. Harriet Tubman was a threat to all the plantation owner they will offer $40,000 reward to capture her.

The station was about twenty miles apart. Slaves hide in he day time and travel in the night time. In the 19th century there was about 50,000 slaves had escaped from the south using the underground railroad. The Underground Railroad lead a large number of slaves to freedom.

Source- http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASunderground.htm

Picture- http://www.learnnc.org/lp/multimedia/12024 - Routs of the Underground Railroad above

Education For Black Children

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Early in the 19th century there was no school in the southern States of America admitted black children to public school. Some teachers did secret night teaching for black children such as John Chavis in Rayleigh, North Carolina.  Teachers who was found teaching black children would of run out of town. Margaret Douglass got caught teaching black children in Norfolk, Virginia, was convicted and went to jail.

In the North they open the first American free school in New york City in 1787. When prudence Crandall a Quaker open a school for black girls in Canterbury, Connecticut  local white people were attempting to burn the school down. People were preventing from the school to get any type of supplies.

In 1834 Connecticut passed a law making it illegal to provide education for black student. When prudence Crandall didn’t go by the law she was arrested and imprisoned. She was taken to court and won the her case, when the word hit in Canterbury about her winning her case a white mob attack and threatened Crandall and her student she had no other choice but to close down her school for the safety of her students.

In 1849 Charles summer helped Sarah C. Roberts to sue the city of Boston for refusing to provide education to black children. They lost the case sadly! But in 1855 Massachusetts a law fallowed and its policy

"no person be excluded from a Public School on account of race, color, or prejudice."

Source and Picture : http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASeducation.htm - Spartacus Education