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Davies, William Henry

Davies' father died when he was a child and when his mother remarried he was adopted by his paternal grandparents. He emigrated to America when he was 22 and spent years wandering around th... [more]

Davis, John

Davis was captured by whites as a child in 1812 and raised in Alabama. He helped translate St. John's gospel into Creek and also wrote hymns in the language. Hirschfelder, Arlene, and Moli... [more]

Day, Lucretia (under Hannibal, Abram Petrovich)

Hannibal was born an African prince, but kidnapped as a young boy about 1692 and sent to Istanbul as a hostage. A year late he was sent as a present to Tsar Peter of Russia, who used him as... [more]

Day, Sabrina Sidney (under Hannibal, Abram Petrovich)

Hannibal was born an African prince, but kidnapped as a young boy about 1692 and sent to Istanbul as a hostage. A year late he was sent as a present to Tsar Peter of Russia, who used him as... [more]

de Beauharnais, Eugène-Rose

de Beauharnais was the son of Joséphine de Tascher de la Pagerie and Alexandre, Viscount de Beauharnais. Alexandre was guillotined during the Terror in 1794 and his mother married the futur... [more]

de Beauharnais, Hortense

de Beauharnais was the daughter of Joséphine de Tascher de la Pagerie and Alexandre, Viscount de Beauharnais. Alexandre was guillotined during the Terror in 1794 and her mother married the ... [more]

de Porres, Martín

Martín de Porres was born in Lima. There are two versions of his early life. In one, he was the son of an unknown father and a free African-Peruvian mother, adopted when he was eight by ... [more]

de Rossi, Giovanni Battista

De Rossi was born into a happy country family in Voltaggio, near Genoa. When he was 10 a wealthy Genoese couple, who had become enchanted by the boy on their holidays, persuaded his parents... [more]

Deacon, Joseph John

Deacon was born with severe cerebral palsy of the entire body. His mother died when he was six and he went to live with his grandmother. When he was eight, after a number of operations, he ... [more]

Dean, James Byron

Dean was born to a married couple but when his mother died of cancer in 1940 his father sent him to Indiana to live with his grandparents, where he stayed until 1949. He then returned to li... [more]