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—A negro “Messiah” has appeared in Florida and is attracting immense audiences. He goes under the name of “Yellowstone Kit,” is a man of slender build, dark, swarthy features, piercing black eyes, and dresses \ ery particularly, fairly blazing with genuine diamonds. In Key West the excitement ran so high that factions were formed, and an attempt to assassinate Kit was made, in which he was severely injured In Tallahassee, Florida, Bainbridge and Albany, Ga. and other sections of the state, the same peculiar excitement existed among the colored people—all claiming that he is the “Messiah.” It is said that he carried away $23,000 from Key West as the recompense for his arduous work of faith in restoring sight to the blind and curing the lame, halt and sick
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Trumansburg Sentinel
Trumansburg, New York, US
Wed, Apr 20, 1887
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