William B. Gould
US Slave diarist
Died when: 85 years 188 days (1026 months)Star Sign: Scorpio
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William Benjamin Gould Sr. (November 18, 1837 – May 25, 1923) was a former enslaved person and veteran of the American Civil War, serving in the U.S.
Navy.His diary is one of only a few written during the Civil War by a formerly enslaved person that has survived, and the only by a formerly enslaved sailor.
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