List of known slaves

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A short list of famous slaves:

• Abram Petrovich Gannibal (died 1781), adopted by Peter the Great, became a governor-general
• Absalom Jones, (1746 - February 13, 1818), abolitionist and clergyman.
• Aesop, Greek poet, c. 6th century BC
• Amanda America Dickson, daughter of her owner, the fight over her inheritance on his death went all the way to the Supreme Court of Georgia.
• Ayuba Suleiman Diallo, also known as Job ben Solomon (1701–1773)
• Benedict the Moor (1526 – April 4, 1589)
• Booker T. Washington (1856–1915)
• Cesar Picton ca.1765 - 1831 - Enslaved in Senegal, servant in England, then later a wealthy coal-merchant
• Dave the Potter (c. 1800–1864)
• Denmark Vesey (c. 1767–1822)
• Dred Scott (c. 1799–1858)
• Enrique of Malacca, slave and interpreter of Ferdinand Magellan
• Epictetus (55–c. 135)
• Estevanico, or "Esteban the Moor," one of only four survivors of the ill-fated Narváez expedition and later a guide in search of the fabled Seven Cities of Gold (ca. 1503-1539)
• François Mackandal, Haitian maroon leader
• Frederick Douglass (c. 1818–1895)
• George Africanus (1763—1834)
• George John Scipio Africanus (1763–1834)
• Hagar, Biblical figure, belonging to Sarah
• Harriet Tubman (1820–1913)
• Jean-Jacques Dessalines (1758–1806), leader of the Haitian Revolution and first leader of independent Haiti
• John Brown (fugitive slave) (c. 1810–1876)
• Joseph Biblical figure (about 1600 BC)
• Josephine Bakhita, (1869 — February 8 1947) Sudanese, a nun and a Roman Catholic saint.
• Joshua Glover, a runaway slave whose plight led to Wisconsin becoming the only state to declare the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 unconstitutional.
• Juan Francisco Manzano (c.1797–1854) Cuban slave and poet.
• Kunta Kinte
• Marcus Tullius Tiro, Roman author (c. 103–4 BC)
• Margaret Garner (1835 – 1858)
• Miguel de Cervantes (September 29, 1547 - April 23, 1616), author of Don Quixote de la Mancha, which is considered the first modern novel
• Nat Turner (1800–1831)
• Olaudah Equiano (c. 1745–1797), also sometimes called Gustavus Vassa, prominent American author
• Onesimus, a slave of Philemon of Colossae who ran away and, having met St. Paul, was converted by him. Paul set him back to the Christian Philemon with a letter, which is the Epistle to Philemon. Ignatius of Antioch mentions an Onesimus as Bishop of Ephesus in the early second century, but it is not certain that these are the same man.
• Owen Fitzpen, English merchant taken captive by Turkish pirates in 1620, subsequently escaped.
• Pope Callixtus I (died 222)
• Roxelana, (circa 1500 - April 18, 1558), a concubine and later wife to the sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, and mother of Selim II.
• Saint Patrick, British; after escaping slavery in Ireland, became a priest and returned there as a missionary (c. 387–461)
• St. Felicitas martyr (died March 7, 203)
• Saint Vincent de Paul. (1576–1660) Taken captive by Turkish pirates and sold into slavery. Freed in 1607.
• Scipio Africanus (c. 1702-1720)
• Sojourner Truth (c. 1797–1883)
• Spartacus, gladiator and rebel leader (died 71 BC)
• Terence (full name Publius Terentius Afer), Roman playwright, died 159 BC
• Qutbuddin Aibak, sultan of Hindustan.
• William Ellison (1790-1861) A half black and half white slave, gained his freedom and became a slaveholder himself producing cotton
• Zheng He Chinese explorer.
• Abul-Hasan Alí Ibn Nafí, aka "Ziryab", musician, introduced asparagus to Europe (c. 789 - 857).

See also: Janissary