Son of ex-slave who fought in Union army dies at 97

By Martha Waggoner
The Associated Press
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RALEIGH, N.C. » Luke Martin Jr., the son of an ex-slave and Civil War Union soldier, has died — 179 years after his father was born. Martin was 97 when he died Sunday at his home in New Bern, North Carolina, said his daughter, Fannie Martin-Williams....

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