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<blockquote data-quote="MGibster" data-source="post: 8234334" data-attributes="member: 4534"><p>I always forget Julie d'Aubigny's name. But I think of people like <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevalier_de_Saint-Georges" target="_blank">Chevalier de Saint-Georges</a>, born to a slave mother in the Caribbean and a French nobleman, sent to France to learn, was a successful athlete, fencer, composer (excellent concertos but terrible operas), and colonel of the first all black regiment in Europe. If I wrote him as a fictional character you'd call him a Mary Sue. </p><p></p><p>One of my personal favorites is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_Reeves" target="_blank">Bass Reeves</a> who was the first black US deputy marshal west of the Mississippi and the owner of one of the most epic mustaches in American history. He was arguably one of the most successful lawman of the American west and didn't even become an officer of the law until he was in his late 30s. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Don't feel bad. I have a degree in American history and I had never heard of Stagecoach Mary until one of my players brought her up. Even ignoring any racial elements to forgetting people like Bass Reeves or Stagecoach Mary, in the grand scheme of things they were drops in the bucket of lives we draw from the well of history (I'm working on a better metaphor). One of the reasons we remember Wyatt Earp so well is that he lived well into the 20th century and was involved in Hollywood productions and was able to do a lot of self-promoting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MGibster, post: 8234334, member: 4534"] I always forget Julie d'Aubigny's name. But I think of people like [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevalier_de_Saint-Georges']Chevalier de Saint-Georges[/URL], born to a slave mother in the Caribbean and a French nobleman, sent to France to learn, was a successful athlete, fencer, composer (excellent concertos but terrible operas), and colonel of the first all black regiment in Europe. If I wrote him as a fictional character you'd call him a Mary Sue. One of my personal favorites is [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_Reeves']Bass Reeves[/URL] who was the first black US deputy marshal west of the Mississippi and the owner of one of the most epic mustaches in American history. He was arguably one of the most successful lawman of the American west and didn't even become an officer of the law until he was in his late 30s. Don't feel bad. I have a degree in American history and I had never heard of Stagecoach Mary until one of my players brought her up. Even ignoring any racial elements to forgetting people like Bass Reeves or Stagecoach Mary, in the grand scheme of things they were drops in the bucket of lives we draw from the well of history (I'm working on a better metaphor). One of the reasons we remember Wyatt Earp so well is that he lived well into the 20th century and was involved in Hollywood productions and was able to do a lot of self-promoting. [/QUOTE]
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