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Moses Viney
1817–1909
United States
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Biography
Moses Viney was born into slavery in Maryland in 1817. During his lifetime, he escaped slavery and settled in Schenectady, New York. Viney is best known for his association with Eliphalet Nott for whom Viney was a coachman, messenger and constant companion.
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