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Uncle Bob on his horse Bob

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Uncle Bob on his horse Bob at Belle Meade Plantation.As a young enslaved boy Robert "Bob" Green was brought to Belle Meade by William Giles Harding. He grew up working with the horses and became an expert on Thoroughbreds. He continued to live at Belle Meade after the Civil War, and worked as the head groom. When President Grover Cleveland visited in 1887, Bob gave President Cleveland a tour of the stables and horses.
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  1. Belle Meade Plantation (Tenn.)
  2. Breeding
  3. Horse Farms
  4. Horseback Riding
  5. Horses
  6. Men
  7. Plantations
  8. Race Horses
  9. Tennessee
  10. Thoroughbred Horse
  11. United States

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