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Former slave invites ex-master to visit in Washington
Sulphur Springs report details Judge BW Foster, a former Confederate raider, receiving an invitation from Jon Young of Washington DC to visit him and stay at a premier hotel. Young, once Foster’s slave in South Carolina, served as bodyguard during the war and later built wealth in real estate and pension work. He wishes to resume dialogue with his former master before death, but Foster has not fixed a visit date.
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