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Seaman
During the 1800s, the life of those at sea was harsh and difficult. Many of the sailors lived on ships that had cramped quarters, bad food, low pay, and was filled with disease.
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Meriwether Lewis
Most famously known as part of the two-man team, including William Clark and the Native Indian Sacagawea that was assigned by Thomas Jefferson
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William Clark
William Clark is most noted for being part of the famous Lewis and Clark expedition of the 1800s.
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York
York, Pennsylvania, was named after the city of York, England, and was a little known participant in American history that was an important one.
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Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau is considered to be one of the most prolific of American poets and writers.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was an American poet and writer. His works talked about many subjects, including overcoming hardships and life in America before and after the Civil War.
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Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman is considered to be one of the most influential American poets.
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Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott is an American writer that created works of fiction for young people. Alcott focused on the issues of her time and was an advocate for a women’s right to vote.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American author and poet who was heavily influenced by his family’s history in the clergy of the Unitarian Church.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
Nathaniel Hawthorne was a successful American author who was known for both his short stories and novels.
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Nat Turner
Nat Turner became known as the leader of the Southampton County, Virginia, slave rebellions in 1831.
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Joseph Smith
One of the most unusual stories in American history is that of Joseph Smith. He was a religious leader that was called an American prophet.
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Mark Twain
Mark Twain is the pseudonym for writer Samuel Clemens. He is a noted adventurer and writer in America that conveyed wit, humor, and moral lessons in his works.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Beecher Stowe was an American author that was most well-known for her social activism and anti-slavery book “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.”
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Louis Pasteur
Louis Pasteur was a chemist and a microbiologist who developed a process of pasteurization that we use today in many of our foods.
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