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Who was Bass Reeves?

7/28/2018

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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. 

​Podcaster: Samantha

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)

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