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Henry Clay Bruce

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Henry Clay Bruce

Birth
Prince Edward County, Virginia, USA
Death
31 Aug 1902 (aged 66)
District of Columbia, USA
Burial
Lansing, Leavenworth County, Kansas, USA
Plot
Section 25, Lot 2
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Henry Clay Bruce is best known for the book he authored, "The New Man: Twenty-Nine Years a Slave, Twenty-Nine Years a Free Man". He was born into slavery near Farmville in rural Prince Edward County, VA, but died as a free man in Washington D.C. where he worked for the United States Post Office. His younger brother was Blanche Kelso Bruce, the first African-American to serve a full term as a United States Senator.
Henry Clay Bruce is best known for the book he authored, "The New Man: Twenty-Nine Years a Slave, Twenty-Nine Years a Free Man". He was born into slavery near Farmville in rural Prince Edward County, VA, but died as a free man in Washington D.C. where he worked for the United States Post Office. His younger brother was Blanche Kelso Bruce, the first African-American to serve a full term as a United States Senator.

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