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Early 20th century writer and advocate for Progressive causes
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Fugitive slave whose arrest led to overturning the Fugitive Slave Act
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Civil War humanitarian who influenced establishing hospitals for soldiers
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Sauk war chief during the Black Hawk War of 1832
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Jesuit missionary and first European explorer of the entire Mississippi River
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Conservationist who inspired the establishment of our National Parks
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