This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Birth Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kUB.2ACE/1991 Message Board Post: I am an 8th grade teacher at NERMS. Many years ago, I had a Civil War reenactor come out and talk to my students. He told us that there was a free black man in Ramseur during the antebellum period, who actually owned slaves. Unfortunately I cannot recall this man's name. Can anyone help me with more info on this? My students are very curious.