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Famous People Who Were Slaves

Name these famous people who were also slaves at some point.
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c. 620 – 564 BCE (?)
Greek storyteller credited with a number of fables
Aesop
c.111 – 71 BCE
Led a slave uprising against the Roman Republic
Spartacus
400s
A Christian missionary who was taken as a slave to Ireland
Saint Patrick
1800 – 1831
African-American preacher who led the 4-day rebellion named for him, and was executed for it
Nat Turner
c. 1799 – 1858
African-American slave in Missouri who attempted to sue for his freedom in a famous trial
Dred Scott
c. 1797–1883
Major abolitionist and women's rights activist famous for her "Ain't I a Woman?" speech
Sojourner Truth
1818 – 1895
Became a national abolitionist leader, famous for speaking and writing
Frederick Douglass
1822 – 1913
Born into slavery, escaped and later rescued 70+ by Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman
1856 – 1915
American educator, author, orator, and adviser to presidents, founder of the Tuskegee Institute
Booker T. Washington
1860s – 1943
The most prominent black scientist of the early 1900s, he promoted alternative agriculture methods
George Washington Carver
Fictional
Mononymous title character of the 2012 Tarantino film
Django
Fictional
Protagonist of the 1976 Alex Haley novel and 1977 miniseries Roots
Kunta Kinte
Fictional
Now-retired syrup mascot, based on the enslaved "Mammy" archetype
Aunt Jemima
Fictional
Title character of Harriet Beecher Stowe's 1852 novel
Uncle Tom
Fictional
Huckleberry Finn's friend who goes on adventures with him
Jim
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CardinalSin
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Level 82
Dec 19, 2025
Please include Equiano.
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