Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1877

Sam Walker walked slowly through the crowds at the court house.

Times had changed so much in his lifetime. He had grown up a slave in the Carolinas. He had fought as a soldier in the Civil War, and lost his arm doing it. A new president was guaranteed in the election. Now here he was in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, voting in the presidential election – for the second time.

He folded his ballot with a smile on his face and a song inside of him.

He was a free man and life was good.

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