Answer the following question: Facts: - caption: octavius catto , year unknown - death date: 10 october 1871 - birth date: 22 february 1839 - name: octavius v. catto - movement: african-american civil rights movement - image: octavius catto.jpg - death place: philadelphia , pennsylvania , usa - birth place: charleston , south carolina , usa Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of octavius catto .
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octavius valentine catto -lrb- february 22 , 1839 -- october 10 , 1871 -rrb- was a black educator , intellectual , and civil rights activist in philadelphia .he became principal of male students at the institute for colored youth , where he had also been educated .born free in charleston , south carolina , in a prominent mixed-race family , he moved north as a boy with his family .he became educated and served as a teacher , becoming active in civil rights .as a man , he also became known as a top cricket and baseball player in 19th-century philadelphia , pennsylvania .catto became a martyr to racism , as he was shot and killed in election-day violence in philadelphia , where ethnic irish of the democratic party , which was anti-reconstruction and had opposed black suffrage , attacked black men to prevent their voting for republican candidates .