My Name is John Woolman: A Minister for Conscience and Compassion My name is John Woolman, a minister for conscience and compassion, and from my earliest days I felt a quiet uneasiness about the way people treated one another. I was raised among Friends in colonial New Jersey, where simplicity and kindness were taught, yet I saw the shadow of slavery fall across many households. As a youth working in a store, I was once asked to write a bill of sale for an enslaved person. Th

My Name is Thucydides: Historian of War and Human Nature My Name is Thucydides: Historian of War and Human Nature. I was born in Athens during the height of its confidence and ambition, when the city was rich with marble temples, booming trade, and the proud belief that its way of life was the model for all Greece. My family belonged to the aristocratic class, giving me access to teachers, thinkers, and statesmen who shaped my early understanding of politics and power. From a

My Name is Nathan Dane: Author of the Northwest Ordinance I was born in 1752 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, a quiet coastal town shaped by hard work, faith, and a deep belief in education. My family was not wealthy, but we valued learning, and from an early age I developed a habit of study that guided the rest of my days. The colonies were still under Britain’s authority then, but change was in the air, and a young mind like mine could feel the tension rising.   Becoming a Lawyer

My Name is Ramesses III: Pharaoh of Egypt My name is Ramesses III, Pharaoh of Egypt, the protector of the Two Lands, and the last great king of the New Kingdom. I was born into a line of warriors and rulers, raised to believe that Egypt’s strength depended on the vigilance and resolve of its king. From an early age, I walked the halls of vast temples, learned from priests who guarded secrets older than memory, and listened to generals who spoke of distant threats and fading a

My Name is Toussaint Louverture: Leader of the Haitian Revolution I was born into bondage on the Breda Plantation in Saint-Domingue, the colony you now call Haiti. Though enslaved, I was fortunate to have parents who taught me discipline, faith, and dignity despite our circumstances. As a young man, I learned healing with herbs, caring for animals, and the rhythms of plantation life. These early lessons shaped my understanding of people and the land, long before I ever imagin

My Name is Kushim: Keeper of Accounts in the First Cities I was born in a time when our world was changing faster than anyone could understand. Uruk was growing into a vast city of mudbrick temples, bustling workshops, and endless fields. People were coming from every direction, bringing goods, animals, and new ideas. My life began among clay tablets and the smell of freshly baked bread, though I did not yet know how important these things would become to me.   Discovering th

My Name is Anthony Johnson: A Man Who Lived Before Slavery Became Law My name is Anthony Johnson, and I came to the English colony of Virginia long before anyone imagined laws that would bind Africans in perpetual slavery. I did not come by choice. I was torn from my homeland in the early 1600s, forced onto a ship, and carried across the Atlantic in chains. When I arrived in Virginia around 1621, I was not called by my African name but was given the name “Antonio” by the Engl

My Name is Heinrich Schliemann: Archaeologist and Seeker of Ancient Truth My earliest memories are of sitting beside my father as he told me stories of ancient Troy, of heroes clad in bronze, and of walls so mighty they echoed with the footsteps of gods. I was only seven when I first held a copy of the Iliad in my hands, but the words stirred something so deep within me that even poverty could not smother it. My family was poor, and our hardships forced me to leave school and

My Name is Hammurabi: King of Babylon I was born in the great city of Babylon, a place of clay-brick homes, temple towers rising toward the heavens, and canals that fed our fields and our lives. My father was King Sin-Muballit, and from the moment I first opened my eyes, the weight of a kingdom rested on my future. Babylon was not yet the most powerful city in Mesopotamia, but it pulsed with ambition, trade, and divine purpose. The gods of our land, led by mighty Marduk, watc

My Name is Sir Arthur Evans: Archaeologist and Excavator of Knossos I was born into a world of books, maps, and artifacts, raised by a father who himself was a collector and scholar of ancient cultures. My earliest memories include wandering halls filled with antiquities and listening to stories of faraway civilizations. These tales stirred something within me—a desire not only to read about the past but to touch it, uncover it, and bring forgotten worlds back into the light.