Isaac Burgan

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Isaac Burgan, born a slave, started to rebel at a young age when his mother was being whipped, went up behind the overseer with a poker and whacked the man in the back of the head and ran. The overseer was fine but Isaac was given twice the beatings his mother would have gotten. After that he went on with life, was declared free after the war and started his education. Here he was discouraged by many people to even attend school. But he showed them that they were wrong and became a teacher, then a principal and then the president of Paul Quinn College (listverse.com) and (afrotexan.com).

Isaac Burgan was a slave that had more privileges than most slaves would have. His mother, Sylva Burgan, always had him by her side. When she could not be with him she would take him to where she work in the big house. He would play with the masters children while she worked. As he played with his playmates he also start to read the homework that his playmates were assigned (afrotexan.com).

Because of that he was sold for being too knowing to make a good slave. He was sold and put into field work. He had never known what slavery was beyond observation. After the war he is declared free and starts his education. He went to Tennessee where he went to free schools. It was hard for him because no one would help him and barely anyone encouraged him. After school he went to work at the railroad where he made seven hundred dollars. All going to his education (afrotexan.com).

December of 1869 he went to a school in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Where he soon mastered every book in his class. He caught the attention of his classmates and his teachers. During summer vacation he meet a man named George Belt and immediately became friends and both decided t...

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...ing much pay. It look like what everyone who was against isaac was right. But professor Burgan had invited the trustees to attend the closing, but none having came. When it was getting late he telegraphed for Elder A. Grant, who responded by his presence. This brought others on the ground, and in their meetings it was thought that Professor Burgan was preeminently fitted to carry on the work, and he was elected president (afrotexan.com).

In conclusion he tried to make the school a better place. By hiring new teachers, Building a better place but he never had enough money. But he made the best out of it. And though he did not accomplish everything he planned on doing but he accomplish more in his lifetime than most black people ever dreamed of accomplishing. thought He was born a slave, He was never one to stand back and just watch things happen (afrotexan.com).

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