(1820-1913) She escaped from slavery only to go back thirteen mores times and rescue more than 70 slaves.
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(1580-1631) Captured by the Tatars he was sold as a slave to a Turk and was sent a gift to his Greek mistress who fell in love with him. He would later escape and become an important leader in Jamestown.
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(620-564 BC) Creator of Aesop's Fables he was said to be a slave in Samos who would later gained his freedom.
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(1818-1895) After escaping from slavery he became a major abolitionists and writer who believed in the equality of all people.
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(1485-1565) An Ottoman Admiral he would be captured and be galley slave for several years. He would later become the leader of Ottoman Naval Forces in the Mediterranean.
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(c. Early 1500s) Slave of Ferdinand Magellan some historians argue he was the first person to circumnavigate the world since he was originally from Malacca (Malaysia).
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(1869-1947) Born in Sudan she was slave Turkish general who mother-in-law and wife that would cut her and put salt in her wounds which created 114 scars on her body. She would later be bought by a Italian Vice Consul Callisto Legnani and become a nun while living in Italy.
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(1743-1803) Born a slave in French colony of Haiti he would later become a lead a slave revolt against the French.
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(c. 1800s-1849) Born in Uruguay; Andrea Aguyar would fight in the Uruguayan Civil War and later go to Europe with Giuseppe Garibaldi. He would later die as a Lieutenant in defense of the Roman Republic.
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(387?-460?) When he was 16 he was captured by Irish raiders and became a slave. After escaping he would return to Ireland to convert the natives to Catholicism.
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(c. 1496- c. 1529) She was the translator of Hernan Cortes during the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs. She would later give birth to his son Martin Cortes.
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(c. 1982-Present) At the age of twelve she was captured and became slave. She would become a servant to a Sudanese diplomat in United Kingdom. After escaping she would write a memoir called Slave: My True Story in 2005.
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(1979-Present) Captured as seven year old he finally escaped his brutal slave owners at the age of seventeen. He later leave Sudan as a refugee and become a modern abolitionist that has spoken with President George W. Bush.
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(c. 1797-1883) Women's right activist she was famous for her 'Ain't I a Woman?' speech.
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(1753-1784) Born in West Africa she would be purchased by the Wheatley family who teach how to read and write. She later become the first African-American woman to publish a book of poetry.
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(c. 1580s-1622) Captured as a young man by Englishmen he was freed by Spanish friars. He would return America and teach the Pilgrims how to survive the harsh New England winters.
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(c. 109-71 BC) Leader of a massive slave revolt in the Roman Republic, he was a former gladiator.
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(1655-1695) One of the last leaders of the Quilombo dos Palmares a fugitive community made up of former slaves. He would later be captured and beheaded.
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(1696-1781) Born in Ethiopia he would bought by Sava Vladislavich-Raguzinsky from the Ottomans. Czar Peter the Great would become his godfather. Later in life he would become a Russian noblemen and major-general.
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Son of Jacob and Rachel he would be sold into slavery by his jealous brothers. Later he would become a powerful man in Egypt after visions of a famine.