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Born in 1801 in Edgerfield, South Carolina on plantation
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Harry Drake taught Dave how to read and right and Dave told everyone in Edgerfield, South Carolina
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He wrote his first poem.
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At age 35 and he layed down on the tracks, a train came through and took his leg.
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Started writing poems on pots.
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Came to Horse Creek and fell in love.
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His artwork sold for over 40,000 dollars per piece.
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There is no record of how he died.