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18 May 1955
Educator and political leader Mary McLeod Bethune died at the age of eighty on May 18, 1955, in Daytona Beach, Florida. Born in Mayesville, South Carolina, in 1875, Bethune was one of the last of Samuel and Patsy McLeod's seventeen children. Former slaves, her parents were leaders of Mayesville's African-American community.
Slaves Events
| 1835 Dec 28 |
A Group Of Seminoles And Escaped Slaves Ambush A U.S. Army Company Attempting To Forcibly Remove The Seminole
The US acquired Florida from Spain via the Adams-Onís Treaty and took possession in 1821. In 1832 the Seminoles were called to a meeting at Payne's Landing on the Ocklawaha River. The tre...
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| 1955 May 18 |
Mary McLeod Bethune Dies
Educator and political leader Mary McLeod Bethune died at the age of eighty on May 18, 1955, in Daytona Beach, Florida. Born in Mayesville, South Carolina, in 1875, Bethune was one of the...
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