Bass reeves

Bass Reeves

  • The Day He was born

    The Day He was born
    He was born on July 1838 in Crawford county, Arkansas to slave parents.
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    Bass reeves life

    Bass Reeves was the first black deputy U.S. marshal
  • The day he left the plantation

    The day he left the plantation
    I put it as 1861 but it said during the civil war so yeah but it was said he punched the plantation owner and left
  • the day he became a marshal

    the day he became a marshal
    This was the year that he became a marshal. he was initially assigned as a deputy U.S. marshal for the Western District of Arkansas, which had responsibility also for the Indian Territory
  • When he retired from being a marshal

    When he retired from being a marshal
    He became an officer of the Muskogee Police Department. He served for two years before he became ill and had to retire.
  • He died

    He died
    This was the day he died of brights disease