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Article: Slave helped shape future
- Article from:
- The Sun, San Bernardino, Calif.
- Article date:
- August 3, 2009
- Author:
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When the first wagon train of Mormon settlers arrived in the San
Bernardino Valley in 1851, several families brought along black
slaves and former slaves to help build their new colony.
Bridgett "Biddy" Mason was one of the slaves who made the
grueling 400-mile journey from Salt Lake City to San Bernardino with
the family of Robert and Rebecca Smith.
Biddy's amazing life story helped shape the future of African-
Americans in California.
Biddy Mason was born on Aug. 15, 1818, on a cotton plantation in
Hancock County, Ga. The Smith family acquired the services of Biddy
and her two young daughters sometime between 1844 and 1848.
Robert Mays Smith met Rebecca Dorn in Edgefield District, ...
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