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African American Lives 2 -- Hosted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
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My aunt confirmed that he was a slave Edgefield County, S.C. 1862 Saluda, South Carolina I researched his history, and saw that he was born in 1850

After the death of the first master, he became property of the master's son and was valued at $1200 dollars.

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