The Fearsome Bass Reeves, One Of The First Black Deputy Marshalls West Of The Mississippi (Ft. Roger McGrath) | Larry Elder

Dr. Roger McGrath details the life and accomplishments of one of the great lawmen and role models in U.S. History: U.S. Marshall Bass Reeves.

McGrath discusses Reeves’s youth, his days as a slave before and during the Civil War, his escape to Indian territory, Reeves’s recruitment into the U.S. Marshalls, his many collars, Reeves’s friendship with “Hanging Judge” Isaac Parker, having to arrest his own son, and his later years.

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