Bass Reeves, the formerly enslaved man who became the first Black deputy US Marshal west of the Mississippi and arrested over 3,000 outlaws in the American West [1838-1910]
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Bass Reeves, the formerly enslaved man who became the first Black deputy US Marshal west of the Mississippi and arrested over 3,000 outlaws in the American West [1838-1910]
by Nervous_Tip2096
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Excuse me while I whip this out
His grandson (great grandson?) Is NHL forward Ryan Reaves.
There was a fairly good limited series about this guy on Netlfix back in 2023 called Lawmen: Bass Reeves.
It starred David Oyewolo as Reeves and had a pretty good supporting cast including Donald Sutherland, Barry Pepper, Dennis Quaid, and Shea Whigham.
I watched it and really enjoyed it.
awesome
Isn’t he the inspiration for the Lone Ranger?
3000!?
I feel like he had to have ben running around just arresting anyone he felt like. That’s an awful lot of people to be arresting in an area that didn’t have a lot of people in it…
Badass Bass!!!