John S. Jacobs
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John Swanson Jacobs was a Black author and abolitionist. After escaping from slavery in North Carolina, he became prominent in abolitionist circles of the northeastern United States. He was closely co
1848 portrait by Joseph Whiting Stock, possibly depicting John S. Jacobs
Slave auction
William Lloyd Garrison
Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1875
William Jacob Knox Jr.
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William Jacob Knox Jr. was an American chemist at Columbia University in New York City and one of the African-American scientists and technicians on the Manhattan Project. Knox held an unprecedented p
John S. Jacobs
…Massachusetts, U.S. Resting place Mount Auburn Cemetery Occupations Author and abolitionist Relatives Harriet Jacobs (sister) Louisa Matilda Jacobs (niece) William Jacob Knox Jr. (grandnephew) Lawrence H. Knox (grandnephew) Clinton E. Knox (grandnephew) Writing career Genre Slave narrative Notable work The United States Governed…
New Knox Headshot
First edition of Knox's grandaunt's autobiography, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
The Trinity Test, the result of the Manhattan Project