Ira Aldridge
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Ira Frederick Aldridge was an American-born British actor, playwright, and theatre manager, known for his portrayal of Shakespearean characters. James Hewlett and Aldridge are regarded as the first Black American tragedians.
Portrait of Aldridge by James Northcote, 1826
Ira Aldridge as Mungo in The Padlock.
Portrait of Aldridge as Mungo, held at the Northwestern University.
Aldridge as Aaron in Titus Andronicus
Henry Highland Garnet
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Henry Highland Garnet was an American abolitionist, minister, educator, orator, and diplomat. Having escaped as a child from slavery in Maryland with his family, he grew up in New York City. He was educated at the African Free School and other institutions, and became an advocate of militant abolitionism. He became a minister and based his drive for abolitionism in religion.
Lithograph of African Free School which Garnet attended
Garnet served as pastor of the Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C., from 1864 to 1866. The church is shown here as it was in about 1899.
The Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church today.