A Man For The People.
3 min readSep 5, 2021
Bass Reeves, from Former Slave to a Legend!
In 1846, William Reeves, a slave master, a farmer & politician, took his black slave, Bass Reeves, to Texas to work as a field hand.
Bass escaped & fled north to Indian territory, where he lived among the Cherokees, Seminoles, and Creeks. He learned their customs, languages, tracking, stalking & survival skills, and a keen…
