| Life | Hint | Person | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| c.111 – 71 BCE | Led a slave uprising against the Roman Republic | Spartacus | 83%
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| c. 620 – 564 BCE (?) | Greek storyteller credited with a number of fables | Aesop | 82%
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| 1822 – 1913 | Born into slavery, escaped and later rescued 70+ by Underground Railroad | Harriet Tubman | 77%
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| Fictional | Title character of Harriet Beecher Stowe's 1852 novel | Uncle Tom | 77%
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| Fictional | Mononymous title character of the 2012 Tarantino film | Django | 75%
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| 400s | A Christian missionary who was taken as a slave to Ireland | Saint Patrick | 75%
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| 1818 – 1895 | Became a national abolitionist leader, famous for speaking and writing | Frederick Douglass | 67%
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| Fictional | Protagonist of the 1976 Alex Haley novel and 1977 miniseries Roots | Kunta Kinte | 50%
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| Fictional | Now-retired syrup mascot, based on the enslaved "Mammy" archetype | Aunt Jemima | 47%
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| 1856 – 1915 | American educator, author, orator, and adviser to presidents, founder of the Tuskegee Institute | Booker T. Washington | 35%
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| 1860s – 1943 | The most prominent black scientist of the early 1900s, he promoted alternative agriculture methods | George Washington Carver | 35%
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| Fictional | Huckleberry Finn's friend who goes on adventures with him | Jim | 33%
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| c. 1797–1883 | Major abolitionist and women's rights activist famous for her "Ain't I a Woman?" speech | Sojourner Truth | 33%
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| c. 1799 – 1858 | African-American slave in Missouri who attempted to sue for his freedom in a famous trial | Dred Scott | 32%
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| 1800 – 1831 | African-American preacher who led the 4-day rebellion named for him, and was executed for it | Nat Turner | 23%
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