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Imam Mujahid Abdul-Karim (born Benjamin Farmer, December 26, 1944) is an African-American convert to Islam, who is best known for his involvement and "spearheading" of the April 26, 1992 Watts Gang Truce between the four influential rival gangs— Watts Hacienda Village Bloods, Grape Street Watts Crips, Bounty Hunter Watts Bloods, and PJ Watts Crips.
Benjamin Thompson (April 22, 1806 – January 31, 1890) was an American farmer and businessman, remembered as the main benefactor of the present-day University of New Hampshire, located in Durham, New Hampshire.
Benjamin Jesty (c. 1736 – 16 April 1816) was a farmer at Yetminster and Worth Matravers in Dorset, England, notable for his early experiments in inducing immunity against smallpox using cowpox.
Benjamin Banneker (November 9, 1731 – October 19, 1806) was an American naturalist, mathematician, astronomer and almanac author. A landowner , he also worked as a surveyor and farmer . Born in Baltimore County, Maryland , to a free African-American mother and a father who had formerly been enslaved , Banneker had little or no formal ...
Benjamin Thornton Montgomery (c. 1819–1877) was an American inventor, landowner, and freedman in Mississippi. He was taught to read and write English, and became manager of supply and shipping for Joseph Emory Davis at Hurricane Plantation at Davis Bend .
Benjamin Lay (January 26, 1682 – February 8, 1759) was an English-born abolitionist, an animal-rights advocate, an anti-racist activist, a writer, a vegan, and a farmer. Born in Copford , Essex , into a Quaker family, he initially underwent an apprenticeship as a glovemaker before running away to London and finding work as a sailor .
Benjamin and his brother received farming apprenticeships as young boys for a yearly fee of $100, which was paid to his mother. [5] Hicks married Margaret Chappell, a free black woman, [2] on January 7, 1869; nine children are named in his will. Benjamin and Margaret settled in the Vicksville area, where Hicks purchased 22 acres of land in 1874.
His parents, Benjamin Ryan Tillman Sr. and the former Sophia Hancock, were of English descent. [2] [3] In addition to being planters with 86 slaves, the Tillmans operated an inn. They owned 2,500 acres of land and were among the largest slaveholders in the district. Benjamin Jr. was the last-born of seven sons and four daughters. [4]