Ely S. Parker
1828-1895 Ely S. Parker was born on the Seneca Reservation at Tonawanda in western New York in 1828. His parents raised him in the … More Ely S. Parker »
Era Category: Other Important Figures - Antebellum
Louis Napoleon
1800-1881 In 1799, New York State enacted the Manumission Act, which required slaveholders in New York State to free any children born to slaves … More Louis Napoleon »