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He was born on July 1838 in Crawford county, Arkansas to slave parents.
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Bass Reeves was the first black deputy U.S. marshal
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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
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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
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He became an officer of the Muskogee Police Department. He served for two years before he became ill and had to retire.
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This was the day he died of brights disease
