1863 - Fleming Co., Freedom Seeker's long life memorialized
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1863 - Fleming Co., Freedom Seeker's long life memorialized
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Date
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1863
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1863
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Event type
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Escape
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Description
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Alvin Smith escaped enslavement in 1863, when he fled Fleming County, Ky and joined the 27th infantry, USCT and settled in Ohio. He died in 1948, a few days shy of his 105th birthday. In 1998, a bronze marker was placed upon his grave on the 50th anniversary of his death by a middle school teacher who was a Civil War buff .
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Bibliographic citation
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Akron Beacon Journal, Feb 5, 2018
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