Figures

People we keep on the record.

Each figure's page holds verbatim lines, dated and linked to their sources. Historical and public-domain figures come first; every entry carries a citation, and any reader can challenge one.

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1818–18951

Frederick Douglass

Abolitionist, orator, and writer. Escaped slavery to become one of the most powerful voices in 19th-century American politics.

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1797–18831

Sojourner Truth

Abolitionist and women's rights advocate. Born into slavery in New York.

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1820–19061

Susan B. Anthony

Suffragist and social reformer. Tried in 1873 for voting illegally.

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The reference corpus

Authors indexed from Bartlett's 1905 and Wikiquote — cited reference lines, distinct from the curated registry. Curated figures above carry their corpus lines too.

Verbatim only

Every figure entry uses the exact words as reported by a citable source. We don't paraphrase, condense, or invent. If an entry is wrong or there's a better source, open the figure's page and use the correction form — every change is logged in public.