Bass Reeves was born enslaved but escaped from his master and lived as an outlaw in the Indian Territory until the Emancipation Proclamation officially made him a free man. He went on to use the knowledge he gained during his time in hiding to become one of the most successful U.S. Deputy Marshals of his day.
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Further Reading
Art T. Burton, Black Gun Silver Star: The Life and Legend of Frontier Marshal Bass Reeves. University of Nebraska Press, 2006. Martin Grams, Jr., “Bass Reeves and the Lone Ranger: Debunking the Myth,” OTR Publishing, 2018. Kathy Weiser, “Bass Reeves – Black Hero Marshal.” Legends of America, March 2017. Music: "Evening Melodrama" by Kevin Macleod (www.incompetech.com) Leave a Reply. |