Famous Slaves

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1. Which young woman became known as the "Yellow Rose of Texas" and is credited with warning Sam Houston of Santa Ana's approaching army? Maria Espinoza Emily West Molly Martin Cecile Bamburg

2. Which African slave rose to the rank of Major-General in the army of Peter the Great of Russia and became a great-grandfather of Alexander Pushkin? Feodor Nicoleivich Chekov Pasha Banke Rodorov Abram Petrovich Gannibal Alexis Pushkin

3. This slave of a Roman banker became Pope of the early Roman Catholic church, ultimately being canonized as a saint. Zephyrinus I Evaritus Callixtus I Linus

4. Which southern slave sued for his freedom contending that he and his wife were taken to states where slavery was illegal? John Brown John Peck William Marbury Dred Scott

5. Who was the Greek slave whose name has been given to a collection of stories still popular today and was murdered by the people of Delphi around 560 B.C.E.? Homer Aristotle Sophocles Aesop

6. Which slave from the American South led a bloody uprising in Southampton county, Virginia in 1831 and was subsequently executed? John Brown Nat Turner Nick Mackelhune Pompey Watson

7. This Virginia slave was taken to England where he sued for his freedom, his case helping to establish that slavery in England was illegal. Who was he? James Somersett Frederick Douglass Nathaniel Bacon Barton Quinn

8. This young Briton was captured and enslaved by Irish raiders. After his escaped, he returned many years later to bring Christianity to Ireland. Saint Cyprian Saint Augustine Saint Brendan Saint Patrick

9. Which French priest was enslaved by Turkish pirates and later became the patron saint of charities? Saint Valerian Saint Jerome Saint Vincent de Paul Saint Augustine

10. Which slave in Haiti overthrew the French colonial administration there and declared himself Emperor of Haiti? Pierre Duvalier Jean-Baptiste Riche Henrie Christophe Jean-Jacques Dessalines