Dictionary of American Negro Biography

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1. 1973-1974
2. 1975-1980
3. Abraham - Principal Seminole Negro Chief
4. Beckwourth, James P. - Mountain Man and War Chief of the Crows
5. Benjamin, R.C.O. - Politician, Lawyer, Journalist
6. Bush, George - Entrepreneur Bush, William Owen - Washington State Legislator
7. Cherokee Bill - Indian Territory Desperado
8. Currin, Green Jacob - Oklahoma Territorial Legislature
9. Dart, Isom - Cowboy, Rustler
10. Dorman, Isaiah - Custer's Interpreter
11. Eagleson, William Lewis - Pioneer Journalist in Kansas and Oklahoma
12. Ford, Barney - Political Leader
13. Glass, Dick - Creek Negro Outlaw
14. Hamlin, Albert Comstock - Oklahoma State Legislator
15. Hardin, William Jefferson - Legislator and Mayor
16. Hayden, Lewis - Boston Abolitionist and Underground Railroad Operator
17. McCabe, Edward Preston - Officeholder in Kansas and Oklahoma Territory
18. Micheaux, Oscar - Novelist and Pioneer Motion-Picture Producer
19. Nigger Add - Cowboy
20. Pacheco, Louis - Central Figure in a Congressional Slavery Controversy
21. Pickett, Bill - Pioneer Bulldogger
22. Price, Lewis - Wealthy Businessman
23. Roberts, Frederick M. - Pioneer California Legislator
24. Ryan, John H. - Washington State Senator
25. Sanderlin, Edward J. - Barber
26. Taylor, Charles H.J. - Lawyer, Journalist, Politician
27. Townsend, William Bolden - Political Activist, Journalist
28. Waller, John - Lawyer, Journalist, Politician
29. York - Companion of Lewis and Clark