Member of New York colonial assembly, 1768; Delegate to Continental Congress from New York, 1775, 1777, 1779-80; general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of New York state senate Western District, 1780-84, 1785-89, 1791-97; member of New York council of ...
On the northern coast of Ecuador where García grew up, Esmeraldas province is populated primarily by self-emancipated Africans and the descendants of the enslaved who either escaped or were marooned during transatlantic slave trade that lasted from 1553 to 1821. Later it became ...
when he was 15, his mother and aunt died in the same year. At the age of six he began to study the Quran, Islam’s holy book. He received his early education at home and at the local school, under the supervision of Mullah Abdul-Qassem...
Barnum believed it was an obligation to advocate for social justices and be a voice for change. Serving as a Connecticut legislator (and later Mayor of Bridgeport, CT) Barnum addressed the Connecticut General Assembly “I have no axes to grind, no logs to roll, no favors to ask. All I ...