Nope...can't dance, either. I did play free safety in high school and was a mobile quarterback; however, every QB in the MidWest is a mobile quarterback in high school.
On a serious note, I am actually now interested in researching into his life.
What I know thus far:
- He was the sired by the head of the estate and born of a mixed slave woman.
- His father freed him and gave him 500 acres around his 16th birthday.
- His father died shortly after that; he left Virginia to start a new life in North Carolina due to the stigma and ostracism. This move cost him whatever money he had.
- He was a dirt-poor share cropper in North Carolina.
- When he died, he was listed as "White" on his death certificate. Both his birth certificate and his death certificate are available, listing him as "Coloured" and "White", respectively.