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Ab, a Handicapped Free Person of Color Asks to Accompany Captain Houston's Confederate Company
A June 5, 1861 Florence Gazette article reporting that "a cripled [sic] free colored man, who is known by the name of Ab [Abe?]," "begged and plead to be allowed to go with" Capt. J. Butler Houston's Co. D, 9th AL Inf., CS "last Monday." On being…
Ab, or Abe, a free person of color
This is a newspaper article about Ab, or Abe, a free person of color, from 1861. Florence historian Lee Freeman notes: "In this article a "crippled free colored man" named "Ab" (Abe?) who "has to go on crutches," attempted to join Capt. J. Butler…
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