Louise De Mortie

African-American lecturer and fundraiser in the 19th century, renowned for her eloquence and her dedicated work in supporting the education of freed slaves.

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Maria Lewis

Escaping slavery, Lewis assumed the male alias “George Harris” and enlisted in the Eighth New York Cavalry in the US Civil War.

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Florida J Wolfe

Prominent African-American socialite, cattle rancher, and philanthropist in El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juárez, around the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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