Description: (Activist, Sailor)
Shields Green, an escaped slave from Charleston, South Carolina, emerged as a prominent figure in John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859. He resided in Rochester, New York, under the mentorship of Frederick Douglass, who introduced him to Brown. Despite surviving the raid, Green faced trial, conviction, and eventual execution by hanging. Douglass paid tribute to him, likening him to renowned rebels Nat Turner and Denmark Vesey. Green was celebrated as a brave advocate in the abolitionist movement, and his name was often mentioned alongside historical Black heroes like Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Toussaint l'Ouverture.