Pioneers and Patriots Author:Lavinia Dobler, Edgar A. Toppin The biographies of six Negroes who contributed to America's fight for independence, and her growth as a nation... — Peter Salem...a Minuteman who served at Lexington and Concord, and played an important role in the Battle of Bunker Hill-- — Jean Baptiste Pointe de Sable...whose trading post became the city of Chicago-- — Phillis Wheatley...the ... more »poetess honored by many Americans, including George Washington--
Benjamin Banneker...a self-taught mathematician and astronomer who helped plan the city of Washington, D.C.--
Paul Cuffe...who built a shipping company and took part in the efforts to colonize Sierra Leone--
John Chavis...the educator and preacher, whose school in North Carolina was called "the best...to be found in the State."« less