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Neptune Small
1831–1907
United States
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Neptune Small (September 15, 1831 – August 10, 1907) was a slave of the Thomas Butler King family at Retreat Plantation, St. Simons Island, Georgia. He accompanied Captain Henry Lord Page King during the Civil War until King's death in battle on December 13, 1862, during the battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia.
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