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This is our 5th episode of our Deep Dive into Bass Reeves. We have been talking about Bass Reeves for what? A month now? And we still have so much more to discuss!

This week, we will talk about Bass’s encounter with Ben Billy, take a quick glance at him arresting a future Deputy Marshal, some tragedies in his personal life, the Bandit Queen’s son and the last major change of Bass’s career.

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Sources for this episode;

o Black Gun, Silver Star by Art. T. Burton

o https://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-bassreeves/

o https://www.cowboysindians.com/2023/12/the-real-bass-reeves/

o https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bass-Reeves

o https://biographics.org/bass-reeves/

o https://allpoetry.com/poem/18127336-Bass-Reeves--Cowboy-Marshal--by-ZZ-Tom

o https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?params=/context/ethj/article/2699/&path_info=3_Paris_is_Burning_Lynching_and_Racial_Violence_in_Lamar_County.pdf

o https://www.legendsofamerica.com/robert-christian-outlaw/

o https://www.legendsofamerica.com/will-black-jack-christian/

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