African-American Firsts of the 18th and 19th Centuries Phillis Wheatley, Thomas L. Jennings, Frederick Douglass, Mary Eliza Mahoney and More

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. This book spotlights the notable achievements of African-Americans in the 18th and 19th centuries who broke the color barrier. This created a foothold precedent for those that followed and led to the Civil Rights Movement and equal rights for all. Included are: Phillis Wheatley, Charles L. Reason, Thomas L. Jennings, William Cooper Nell, Frederick Douglass, Mary Eliza Mahoney and many more.Project Webster represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into cohesive, relevant, and informative books. To date, this content has been curated from Wikipedia articles and images under Creative Commons licensing, although as Project Webster continues to increase in scope and dimension, more licensed and public domain content is being added. We believe books such as this represent a new and exciting lexicon in the sharing of human knowledge.