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Written by Black Hot Fire Network on December 27, 2022
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Mary Fields (1832 - 1914) was a former slave who was born in Tennessee and then freed during the American Civil War.
Mary was no ordinary woman. As an adult, she was 6 feet tall and weighed about 200 pounds. She could also be hard-edged and was
