Fred Lowry was born Frederick McGregor in 1836 near the Fish River some 16 miles south-east of Bathurst, encompassing the O'Connell Plains. He was well known around this district as a stockman and a fine horseman. His description was: height 6’2”, raw-boned and of awkward build, very long arms, long light coloured hair, small beard, small head, small and angular features, walks with an awkward gait. There has always been some conjecture as to Fred Lowry's true identity, however, from a search of the government records, Lowry is believed to be Frederick McGregor. Lowry was also known in the late 1850's to go by several aliases's namely, the said Fred Lowry and another possibly Samuel Barber. There were reports in the mid-1860's that Lowry had
a brother who was shot dead in February 1864 by police trooper John Ward, at the time of young Lowry's killing, Fred Lowry had been dead for 5 months and the police believed the man James Lowry was a brother of the bushranger. Young Lowry was 20 years of age at the time of death and lived in the Coonabarabran region some 200 miles north of the Lachlan, from records searched, it would appear they were not in any way related.
Buds mother never did directly tell Bud who his father was, but she did give him a lot of hints. She would always look at this blue flyer. Across the top of this flyer were the words "LIMITED ENGAGEMENT", then written below this in smaller letters it said, "Direct from an S.R.O. engagement in New York City". Under that in big letters again it said, "HERMAN E. CALLOWAY and the Dusky Devastators of the depression!!!!!!" Next it said, "Masters of the New Jazz". Then in the middle of the paper was a blurry picture of a man standing next to a giant fiddle. This man was thought to be Buds father, Herman E. Calloway.
Clarence Earl Gideon was born on August 30, 1910 in the state of Hannibal, Missouri. His father’s name was Charles Gideon and his mother’s was Virginia Gideon. In 1913 Charles Gideon died just a few days after the third birthday of Clarence. Virginia remarried a man named Marion Frances Anderson when he was five. After this second marriage Clarence became siblings with Roy E Ogden, his half-sister and a half-brother named Russell Lee Anderson. Clarence thought his step-father was a really good man, despite being uneducated. This was, of course, the case until Clarence reached the eighth grade of school in Hannibal. His...
Earl Lloyd was probably the most courageous player of all time. Some people know him as “The Big Cat” others know him as the first African-American to play in an NBA basketball game with the whites; he changed the way people think and look at basketball and black players and coaches. Earl Lloyd loved basketball from a very young age. Earl had two brothers older than him which was Earnest and Theodore. Earl was very dedicated from a very young age. With his high school team he took them to a state championship and won. After high school Earl went off and took his talents to West Virginia State College. While Earl was there his sophomore year they went 33-0 which is a perfect season. Earl’s team won back to back CIAA conference championships and tournament championships.
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Comery, S. William. “Proud Lion of Baltimore: The Life and Legacy of Frederick Douglass.” World and I. (2003) 156. eLibrary. Web. 27 February 2014.
Simmons, Charles James (1893-1875), politician and evangelical preacher, was born on 9 April 1893 at 30 Brighton Road, Mosley, Birmingham. His father, James Henry Simmons (1867-1941), was a master painter and his mother, Mary Jane (1872-1958), a schoolteacher. They were Primitive Methodists, temperance advocates, and Liberals. His maternal grandfather, Charles Henry Russell (1846-1918), a Liberal, Primitive Methodist lay preacher and friend of Joseph Arch (leader of the Agricultural Labourers’ Union and MP), shared the family home. Simmons described him as ‘the greatest influence during my formative years’, the well-spring of the religious and political activism that was to characterize his career (Simmons, 6). Educated at Board schools, Simmons left formal education at the age of fourteen for employment in an assortment of jobs, including a tailor’s porter, telegraph messenger and salesman.
Foner, Philip S., ed. The Life and Writings of Frederick Douglass: Pre-Civil War Decade 1850-1860. Vol. 2. New York: International Publishers, 1950.
Frederick Douglass was born into slavery sometime between 1817 or 1818. Like many slaves he was unsure of his birthday; it was one of the many things that he was deprived of. The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is a memoir written by former slave himself, Frederick Douglass. The book explains his hardships ranging from losing family members, being moved from owner to owner, and being whipped at least once a week. One of Frederick's many owners, Auld, considered him unmanageable. Auld rented Frederick to Mr. Covey for a year, also known as the slave breaker (pg 34). Mr. Covey was one of the most cruel slave owners Frederick had. Mr. Covey treated him with barbarity. Throughout Douglass’ stay with Mr. Covey he grew as a person.
...fred D. “Frederick Douglass.” Encyclopedia of African-American Literature. New York: Facts on File, 2007. 144-146. Print.
Born on June 1934, he came from a lower middle class family who were strong Nonconforists. When he was 18 months old, due to "unfavorable circumstances" he had to stay with his grandparents and his Aunt Ann Spurgeon. He lived with them for six impressionable years. His grandfather was Reverend James Spurgeon and was a strong preacher of the Gospel. His Grandmother was very sweet and loving. She died with the bible spread across her lap with finger resting upon Job 19:21 "The hand of God has touched me". His Aunt Ann took chief charge of Charles. She was 17 when he came to stay. She taught him his letters, and also encouraged him with his sense of humor that he was so remembered for in his later years.
Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey was born in February of 1818 in Maryland to a slave woman and a white man. 1 He was separated from his mother as an infant and the only thing that he knew for sure about his father was that he was white, although he thought it was a possibility that his father could have been his master. 2 He stayed with his aunt and grandparents when he was a young child until being sent to a ship carpenter in Baltimore for the next eight years of this life. 3 It was in Baltimore that Frederick learned to read and it was also there that he first heard about abolitionists. 4 After those seven years, he was sent back to the country where he worked for a slave owner and was constantly beaten and starved. 5 This horrible treatment led Frederick to want to escape, which he was finally able to do in 1838 when he fled to New York City where he married and changed his name to Frederick Douglass. 6 Soon after, he settled in New Bedford, Massachusetts. 7
In learning about the history of America from the colonization to the reconstruction I decided to read The Narrative Life of Frederick Douglass. Frederick was one of the very few literate slaves. He was an incredibly important character in American and African-American history. Though he was blessed with intelligence most slaves were not, he still lived the same kind of life of the typical slave.
"People & Events Frederick Douglass 1818 - 1895." WGBH | PBS Online. 1998. Web. 21 May 2014. .
Considered a very notorious buccaneer, Henry Morgan was born the son of a farmer in 1635 in Llanhrymney, Wales. Since following in his father’s footsteps of working the agricultural lifestyle was not a vision of his, he took matters into his own hands and left home
Richard D. Olson. R. F. Outcault, The Father of the American Sunday Comics, and the Truth About the Creation of the Yellow Kid.http://www.neponset.com/yellowkid/history.htm