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Samuel Colt
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Samuel Colt
Inventor / 1814 - 1862
Samuel Colt was an inventor and industrialist who created the revolver—most notably the .45-calibre Peacemaker model, which was introduced in 1873—and paved the way for the interchangeable parts system of manufacturing.
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Edwin Stanton
Edwin Stanton
Civil Rights Activist, Lawyer, Supreme Court Justice, Government Official / 1814 - 1869
Edwin Stanton served as secretary of war under President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War. He later served under President Andrew Johnson.
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William Wells Brown
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William Wells Brown
Journalist, Author, Playwright / 1814 - 1884
William Wells Brown was a writer who was the first African-American to publish a novel. -
Joseph Hooker
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Joseph Hooker
General / 1814 - 1879
Joseph Hooker was a Union general in the American Civil War who successfully reorganized the Army of the Potomac in 1863.
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Jean-François Millet
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Jean-François Millet
Painter / 1814 - 1875
Jean-Francois Millet was a French painter who is well known for his paintings of peasants and the labors of rural life.
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Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda
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Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda
Author, Playwright, Poet / 1814 - 1873
Cuban poet and playwright Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda was one of the foremost Romantic writers of the 19th century.
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