Charles Lenox Remond was born free in Massachusetts, which informed his activist mindset. Indeed, on this day in 1844, he gave a speech that advocated for States that had abolished slavery to secede from the union!
On this day in 1878, Joseph J. R. Winters received a patent for a wagon-mounted fire escape ladder.
Johnnie Carson is an American diplomat who, on this day in 2009, was sworn in as the 17th United States Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs.
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