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
Clinton E. Knox
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Clinton Everett Knox was an American diplomat who was the U.S. ambassador to Haiti. He was held hostage in his residence in Port-au-Prince for almost 20 hours on January 24, 1973. Knox and Consul Gene
John S. Jacobs
…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 by Six Hundred Thousand Despots (1855) John Swanson Jacobs…
Knox (far right) with other diplomats in 1967