Portraits Collection (page 5)

Gustavus Vassa [Olaudah Equiano]. 1887. Creator: Unknown
Gustavus Vassa [Olaudah Equiano]. 1887. African author, writer, abolitionist, sailor and merchant: enslaved as a child, he was shipped to the Caribbean and sold to a Royal Navy officer

B. W. Arnett, 1887. Creator: Unknown
B. W. Arnett, 1887. Benjamin William Arnett, African-American educator, minister and bishop. From "Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising" by William J. Simmons

John H. Smythe, 1887. Creator: Unknown
John H. Smythe, 1887. African-American diplomat, politician and educator, US ambassador to Liberia. From "Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising" by William J. Simmons

R. H. Cain, 1887. Creator: Unknown
R. H. Cain, 1887. Richard Harvey Cain was an African-American minister, abolitionist, missionary of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and US Representative from South Carolina

James M. Trotter, J. C. Corbin, G. W. Dupee, Allen Allensworth, 1887. Creator: Unknown
James M. Trotter, J. C. Corbin, G. W. Dupee, Allen Allensworth, 1887. Prominent African-Americans. James Monroe Trotter, teacher, soldier, employee of the US Post Office Department, music historian

H. M. Turner, 1887. Creator: Unknown
H. M. Turner, 1887. Henry McNeal Turner, African-American minister and politician, bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

Thomas Bethune (Blind Tom), 1887. Creator: Unknown
Thomas Bethune (Blind Tom), 1887. African-American pianist and composer Blind Tom Wiggins was born into slavery and lived on the Bethune plantation in Georgia

T. T. Fortune, 1887. Creator: Unknown
T. T. Fortune, 1887. Timothy Thomas Fortune, African-American orator, civil rights leader, journalist, writer, editor, economist and publisher

P. B. S. Pinchback, 1887. Creator: Unknown
P. B. S. Pinchback, 1887. Publisher, politician, and Union Army officer Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback was the second African American to serve as governor and lieutenant governor of a U.S

J. C. Price, 1887. Creator: Unknown
J. C. Price, 1887. African-American founder, orator and educator Joseph Charles Price was the first president of Livingstone College in Salisbury, North Carolina

D. A. Straker, 1887. Creator: Unknown
D. A. Straker, 1887. Barbados-born politician, teacher and lawyer D. Augustus Straker was the first black lawyer to appear before the Michigan Supreme Court

Ira Aldridge as "Othello", 1887. Creator: Unknown. Ira Aldridge as "Othello", 1887
Ira Aldridge as "Othello", 1887. Black British Shakespearean actor and playwright Ira Frederick Aldridge was the the manager of the Theatre Royal in Coventry

Harvey Johnson, 1887. Creator: Unknown
Harvey Johnson, 1887. African-American pastor and civil rights activist. From "Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising" by William J. Simmons

J. F. Boulden, W. T. Dixon, C. C. Vaughn, M. Campbell, 1887. Creator: Unknown
J. F. Boulden, W. T. Dixon, C. C. Vaughn, M. Campbell, 1887. Prominent African-Americans. Baptist pastor and politician Jesse Freeman Boulden served in the Mississippi House of Representatives

B. K. Bruce, 1887. Creator: Unknown
B. K. Bruce, 1887. Politician Blanche Kelso Bruce was the first elected African-American senator to serve a full term. Born into slavery, his father/owner was a white Virginia planter

C. B. Purvis, 1887. Creator: Unknown
C. B. Purvis, 1887. African-American doctor Charles Burleigh Purvis was the first black physician to treat a sitting president when he attended James Garfield after he was shot by an assassin in

H. O. Wagoner, 1887. Creator: Unknown
H. O. Wagoner, 1887. Henry O. Wagoner, African-American abolitionist and civil rights activist involved with the Underground Railroad

M. W. Gibbs, 1887. Creator: Unknown
M. W. Gibbs, 1887. Mifflin Wistar Gibbs was an American-Canadian politician, businessman, and advocate of rights for African-Americans

G. W. Gayles, H. N. Jeter, Daniel Jones, J. T. White, 1887. Creator: Unknown
G. W. Gayles, H. N. Jeter, Daniel Jones, J. T. White, 1887. Prominent African-Americans. Baptist minister and state legislator George Washington Gayles

R. B. Vandervall, 1887. Creator: Unknown
R. B. Vandervall, 1887. Randal B. Vandervall was an early African-American Baptist preacher. He began preaching while still a slave. After emancipation, he helped found Roger Williams University

George W. Williams, 1887. Creator: Unknown
George W. Williams, 1887. George Washington Williams, African-American Baptist minister, politician, lawyer, journalist, and writer, served as a soldier in the American Civil War and in Mexico

Alexander Crummell, 1887. Creator: Unknown
Alexander Crummell, 1887. African-American minister, academic and African nationalist. Crummell lectured about American slavery in England to raise money for his church

John M. Langston, 1887. Creator: Unknown
John M. Langston, 1887. John Mercer Langston, African-American abolitionist, lawyer, activist, diplomat, and politician: founding dean of the law school at Howard University

R. Allen, 1887. Creator: Unknown
R. Allen, 1887. African-American bishop, educator and writer Richard Allen founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME), the first independent Black denomination in the United States

J. A. Arneaux, 1887. Creator: Unknown
J. A. Arneaux, 1887. African-American Shakespearean actor, journalist and civil rights activist John A. Arneaux was editor

Inman E. Page, 1887. Creator: Unknown
Inman E. Page, 1887. African-American Baptist minister and educator, one of the two first black students at Brown University

W. R. Pettiford, 1887. Creator: Unknown
W. R. Pettiford, 1887. African-American banker and minister William R. Pettiford founded the Alabama Penny Savings Bank. From "Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising" by William J

Chas. L. Purce, 1887. Creator: Unknown
Chas. L. Purce, 1887. African-American Baptist church leader and educator Charles L. Purce was president of Selma University and Simmons College of Kentucky

Augustus Tolton, 1887. Creator: Unknown
Augustus Tolton, 1887. John Augustus Tolton was the first Catholic priest in the United States publicly known to be black. He was declared Venerable by Pope Francis in June 2019

F. L. Cardoza, John S. Leary, John O. Crosby, E. S. Porter, 1887. Creator: Unknown
F. L. Cardoza [sic], John S. Leary, John O. Crosby, E. S. Porter, 1887. Prominent African-Americans. Clergyman and politician Francis Lewis Cardozo was elected Secretary of State in South Carolina

W. S. Scarborough, 1887. Creator: Unknown
W. S. Scarborough, 1887. African-American classical scholar William Sanders Scarborough was born into slavery. He served as president of Wilberforce University

James Poindexter, 1887. Creator: Unknown
James Poindexter, 1887. James Preston Poindexter, of black, white and Native American heritage, was an abolitionist, civil rights activist, politician, and Baptist minister

Justin Holland, 1887. Creator: Unknown
Justin Holland, 1887. African-American classical guitarist, music teacher, performer, composer and arranger. He also worked on the Underground Railroad to help enslaved black people escape to

N. H. Ensley, 1887. Creator: Unknown
N. H. Ensley, 1887. Newell Houston Ensley, African-American Baptist minister and civil rights activist; professor at Shaw University, Howard University, and Alcorn University

R. DeBaptiste, 1887. Creator: Unknown
R. DeBaptiste, 1887. African-American Baptist minister, abolitionist and journalist Richard DeBaptiste worked in the Underground Railroad

Alexander Walters, 1887. Creator: Unknown
Alexander Walters, 1887. African-American bishop, clergyman, civil rights leader. Born into slavery, he become a bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church

R. T. Greener, 1887. Creator: Unknown
R. T. Greener, 1887. Scholar, philosopher, professor, diplomat and attorney Richard Theodore Greener was the first African American to graduate from Harvard College

John Mitchell, Jr. 1887. Creator: Unknown
John Mitchell, Jr. 1887. African American businessman, newspaper editor, civil rights activist, and politician: founded and served as president of the Mechanics Savings Bank; editor of the Richmond

Preston Taylor, 1887. Creator: Unknown
Preston Taylor, 1887. African-American businessman, minister and philanthropist, created Greenwood Cemetery, the second oldest African-American cemetery in Nashville, and Greenwood Park

Henry F. Williams, 1887. Creator: Unknown
Henry F. Williams, 1887. African-American musician and composer, one of two black musicians to play in the orchestra at the 1872 National Peace Jubilee

J. H. Burrus, J. D. Baltimore, J. R. Clifford, Wiley Jones, 1887. Creator: Unknown
J. H. Burrus, J. D. Baltimore, J. R. Clifford, Wiley Jones, 1887. Prominent African-Americans. Professor of mathematics John Houston Burrus, whose parents were a slave-owner and a slave

W. E. Mathews, 1887. Creator: Unknown
W. E. Mathews, 1887. William E. Matthews, African-American lawyer, financier, and civil rights activist, promoted education for freedmen during and after the US Civil War

J. E. Jones, 1887. Creator: Unknown
J. E. Jones, 1887. Joseph Endom Jones, African-American Baptist minister and professor at the Richmond Theological Seminary and Virginia Union University, in Richmond, Virginia

T. T. Allain, 1887. Creator: Unknown
T. T. Allain, 1887. Theophile T. Allain, African-American politician and civil rights activist. From "Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising" by William J. Simmons

H. C. Smith, 1887. Creator: Unknown
H. C. Smith, 1887. Harry Clay Smith, African-American newspaper editor and state legislator. From "Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising" by William J. Simmons

Robert Smalls, 1887. Creator: Unknown
Robert Smalls, 1887. African-American politician, publisher, businessman and maritime pilot. Born into slavery, he escaped

S. R. Lowery, 1887. Creator: Unknown
S. R. Lowery, 1887. Samuel R. Lowery, African-American lawyer and preacher, the first black lawyer to argue a case before the Supreme Court of the United States of America

W. C. Chase, 1887. Creator: Unknown
W. C. Chase, 1887. African-American editor. From "Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising" by William J. Simmons

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