Jim Brady was a Métis political leader and activist in Saskatchewan and Alberta. Along with Malcolm Norris, he is generally regarded as one of the two most influential Métis leaders of his era. Brady was a self-educated Marxist, Socialist, and Métis nationalist.

From WCH:On 11 March 1845, the battle of Kororāreka took place in Aotearoa (New Zealand) when Māori rebels defeated British forces and seized the town (now called Russell) during the Northern war. Some of the Ngāpuhi people were unhappy with growing British colonial authority in the area, which was exemplified when the British Union Jack flag replaced the flag of the Māori United Tribes flag flying over Kororāreka. Several hundred Māori fighters attacked the town, which was defended by British troops and armed settlers. A unit of fighters took control of the blockhouse housing the flagstaff, and chopped it down. The rebels then began looting and burning the town, causing damages of £5000 (over $6 million in 2017 value). In the wake of the incident, some white settlers sold their land and fled.

From Black Women Radicals: "Maria Firmina dos Reis (March 11, 1822–November 11, 1917) was an Afro-Brazilian abolitionist and author. Her novel, Ursula, detailed what life was life for Afro-Brazilians during enslavement." Her novel, Ursula is considered the first Brazilian abolitionist novel. She was also a teacher and started a free school for children who could not pay, and taught female students which was discouraged at the time. When she received her position as professor, at 22 years old, her mother wanted her to take a carriage carried by enslaved people to the ceremony, but she decided to walk, saying, "Black people are not an animal to ride upon." In Dawn Duke's book about Afro-Cuban and Afro-Brazilian female authors, she describes dos Reis as a "vigorous opponent of slavery." She was also the adopted mother of eleven children who she called her “children of the heart.”