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ALMOST A CENTENARIAN.Kobert Dunliip, Scvrntj-Thnte Years a Slave, Die* at the Age of Ninetj-KJght.To-day there was laid away iu the tomb an historic character in the person of Kobert Dunlap, au aged colored man who has liv«*d iu this city since the war of the rebellion, dying at the advanced age of oinetv-eight years, being horn in 17B0.For seve dy-three tear*, marly three-quarters of a century, Kobert was a slave, tolling early and late for the free trade and free labor Dernor-j racy of the South, without other , recompense than the lash at the hands of a cruel master. For seventy-three long weary years—more than twice the average lifetime of his fellow mau—he wrought under the galling yoke of human slavery, in the darkest das of national tyranny that ever blotted a page of a country’s history.During the war, Col. Blanche came home on a furlough, bringing j Kobert with him and he had since | lived in this city, working at what- j ever he could find to do. He wasj possessed of a lion’s constitution, and j though four score or more years had ; pa-sed over his head, he worked beside men half his age. During the 1 time the court house was beiug built j —1808-70—he mixed mortar and | carried the hod for the masons. L iter on, by the weight of years and au incessant life of toil, he found himself unable to battle longer iu the active pursuits of life and was taken to the county infirmary where he had been during the pa*t ibrce or four years, when the loug deferred message called him to the other shore. Keace to his memory.
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Kokomo Evening Gazette Tribune
Kokomo, Indiana, US
Thu, Oct 18, 1888
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