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Neptune Small (1831-1907)

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Bauer Mueller, Pamela

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Encyclopedia article about Neptune Small. Neptune Small was a slave from Glynn County, in coastal Georgia, who accompanied members of the Thomas Butler King family to fight in the Civil War (1861-65).
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  1. African Americans
  2. Civil War
  3. Civil War, 1861 1865
  4. Freedmen
  5. Georgia
  6. History
  7. Slaver
  8. Slaves
  9. Small, Neptune, 1831 1907
  10. United States

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