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1969-02-06 Newsletter, Fort Madison Branch of the NAACP Page 5

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THOMAS ALEXANDER DUMAS, a French General and military strategist and the object of much of the jealousy of Napoleon Bonaparte, was a Negro

His son, ALEXANDER DUMAS, became the greatest French novelist of his day and one of the greatest of all time. 

ALEXANDER DUMAS FILS, Jr., the grandson of General Thomas Alexander Dumas became the greatest playwright of his day.

The greatest writer of fables, AESOP, was a Negro who lived in Greece from 620 to 560

The greatest writer of comedies in the ancient Roman Empire, was a Negro, PUBIUS TERRENTIUS(Terrence). He lived from 185-150BC: He write only refined (high) comedy. His contemporary, Plautus, a native Roman , wrote only vulgar (low) comedy. 

WILLIAM JACKSON, a Negro and headwaiter of a hotel in Philadelphia invented ice cream. 

HENRY JACKSON LEWIS, a cartoonist and co-founder of the Freeman, the first illustrated Negro newspaper, died in 1891 at the age of 44. He has done freelance work for Harper's Weekly, Puck and Judge, all popular journals of the 19th Century. 

JAN ERNEST MATZELIGER, invented the first machine for sewing shoe soles on the uppers. 

DEBORAH GANNETT, was the first woman to fight in the American Army. A Negro, she posed successfully as a man for more than eighteen months. She fought under the name of Robert Shurtliff in a regiment from Massachusetts.

FREDERICK DOUGLASS, the foremost of the Negro abolitionists, and one of the greatest of Negro orators, lectured not only on slavery but also on woman's suffrage. The slogan for his paper, the North Star, which was founded in 1847, was...'Right is of no sex- Truth is of no color- God is the Father of us all, and we are brethern' He was called the "Noblest slave that ever God set free", by W. E. B DuBois, one of the leaders of the Niagara Movement. (forerunner of the NAACP).

GRANVILLE T. WOODS invented apparatus for the transmission of messages by electricity and Railway telegraphy. 

L.C. BAILEY invented the folding bed. 

HENRY BLAIR, was the first Negro to receive a patent for an invention, on a corn harvester, October 14, 1834. 

PHOEBE FRAUNCES, the daughter of "Black Sam", a Negro , in whose tavern Washington and his officers used to eat, and where most of their revolutionary plans were discussed, was responsible for saving his life. A British agent, Thomas Hickey who has won the confidence of Washington and was made his bodyguard, won Phoebe's heart and gave her a dish of poisoned peas to serve Washington. Instead, she warned Washington who threw the peas into the yard. Chickens picked them up and fell dead. Hickey was hanged before a crowd of 20,000 in New York City.

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-5- THOMAS ALEXANDER DUMAS, a French General and military strategist and the object of much of the jealousy of Napoleon Bonaparte, was a Negro His son, ALEXANDER DUMAS, became the greatest French novelist of his day and one of the greatest of all time. ALEXANDER DUMAS FILS, Jr., the grandson of General Thomas Alexander Dumas became the greatest playwright of his day. The greatest writer of fables, AESOP, was a Negro who lived in Greece from 620 to 560 The greatest writer of comedies in the ancient Roman Empire, was a Negro, PUBIUS TERRENTIUS(Terrence). He lived from 185-150BC: He write only refined (high) comedy. His contemporary, Plautus, a native Roman , wrote only vulgar (low) comedy. WILLIAM JACKSON, a Negro and headwaiter of a hotel in Philadelphia invented ice cream. HENRY JACKSON LEWIS, a cartoonist and co-founder of the Freeman, the first illustrated Negro newspaper, died in 1891 at the age of 44. He has done freelance work for Harper's Weekly, Puck and Judge, all popular journals of the 19th Century. JAN ERNEST MATZELIGER, invented the first machine for sewing shoe soles on the uppers. DEBORAH GANNETT, was the first woman to fight in the American Army. A Negro, she posed successfully as a man for more than eighteen months. She fought under the name of Robert Shurtliff in a regiment from Massachusetts. FREDERICK DOUGLASS, the foremost of the Negro abolitionists, and one of the greatest of Negro orators, lectured not only on slavery but also on woman's suffrage. The slogan for his paper, the North Star, which was founded in 1847, was...'Right is of no sex- Truth is of no color- God is the Father of us all, and we are brethern' He was called the "Noblest slave that ever God set free", by W. E. B DuBois, one of the leaders of the Niagara Movement. (forerunner of the NAACP). GRANVILLE T. WOODS invented apparatus for the transmission of messages by electricity and Railway telegraphy. L.C. BAILEY invented the folding bed. HENRY BLAIR, was the first Negro to receive a patent for an invention, on a corn harvester, October 14, 1834. PHOEBE FRAUNCES, the daughter of "Black Sam", a Negro , in whose tavern Washington and his officers used to eat, and where most of their revolutionary plans were discussed, was responsible for saving his life. A British agent, Thomas Hickey who has won the confidence of Washington and was made his bodyguard, won Phoebe's heart and gave her a dish of poisoned peas to serve Washington. Instead, she warned Washington who threw the peas into the yard. Chickens picked them up and fell dead. Hickey was hanged before a crowd of 20,000 in New York City.