Born into slavery as the son of a white plantation owner, he had been freed as a young man and worked to acquire more than 2300 acres of pine woods, which he apportioned to his own large family.
He was born into slavery as the son of a white plantation owner. He had been freed as a young man. He had been worked to acquire more than 2300 acres of pine woods. He apportioned to his own large family pine woods.