List of famous slaves
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A short list of famous slaves:
- Aesop, Greek poet, c. 6th century BC
- Spartacus, gladiator and rebel leader (died 71 BC)
- Marcus Tullius Tiro, Roman author (c. 103–4 BC)
- Epictetus (55–c. 135)
- Pope Callixtus I (died 222)
- Saint Patrick, Irish priest (c. 387–461)
- Henry the Black, first person to circumnavigate the Earth
- Scipio Africanus (c. 1702-1720)
- George John Scipio Africanus (1763–1834)
- Denmark Vesey (c. 1767–1822)
- Sojourner Truth (c. 1797–1883)
- Dred Scott (c. 1799–1858)
- Nat Turner (1800–1831)
- Dave the Potter (c. 1800–1864)
- John Brown (fugitive slave) (c. 1810–1876)
- Frederick Douglass (c. 1818–1895)
- Harriet Tubman (1820–1913)
- Booker T. Washington (1856–1915)
See also: Janissary