@@raymonpate1917 Maghee's also owned son of my ancestors and I have been trying to find evidence I am a desendant of Sylvester. I am writing a book about my ancestors and almost near finish and should be going to publication in a few months. Any information about Magee which their are many in my lineage and Isom Wilson my 3rd ggf. Please send message via: airamenity@gmail.com
Their is no benefit for this man to tell lies. Old people remember almost every detail of important matters, and they love to tell stories about their past. My ancestors are Magee's in Mississippi and my 3rd great grandfather was interviewed years before I was born and I was lucky enough to find a book written about his life as a slave, its highly likely Sylvester Magee is one of my ancestors. Ive found some awesome stories that were told by my ancestors and have no reason to think any of them made them up
@@corysimmons455 his organs would’ve not function properly, he claims he’s “smoked for 108 years” so he would’ve died of lung cancer so he would’ve died earlier
@@vvmax4375 He could have been off by some years but that doesn’t mean his story is false. A little IQ goes along way. He could have been very young when fighting in the Civil War. I don’t think they cared too much about how old black boys and men were, just as long as they could provide some value. It is very likely this man was telling the truth from all the evidence
It's honestly crazy and ironic that this one guy was the symbolic nexus for so much of America's history. Not only the last freed slave, but the last Civil War veteran for BOTH sides of the war. And if true with the South, it would be both ironic and poetic that the last Confederate veteran was not just a black man, but a freed slave.
Free born blacks from the North were sometimes taken as slaves if, for instance, they visited the South and didn't have, or lost, their paperwork (or it was just not believed or ignored). See the history of the "Seaman's protection certificate"
Repent and trust in Jesus. Hes the only way. We deserve Hell because weve sinned. Lied, lusted stolen, etc. But God sent his son to die on the cross and rise out of the grave. We can receive forgiveness from Jesus. Repent and put your trust in him. John 3:16 Romans 3:23
That’s my great great grandfather
Wow that's awesome!
Please tell me this story is true! Can you please check the news reporter for calling your grandfather a myth thats so offensive to black history
@@cornellynch730 Yes. That is my great great grandfather. My grandpa talks about him all the time
@@raymonpate1917 Maghee's also owned son of my ancestors and I have been trying to find evidence I am a desendant of Sylvester. I am writing a book about my ancestors and almost near finish and should be going to publication in a few months. Any information about Magee which their are many in my lineage and Isom Wilson my 3rd ggf. Please send message via: airamenity@gmail.com
Wow
Their is no benefit for this man to tell lies. Old people remember almost every detail of important matters, and they love to tell stories about their past. My ancestors are Magee's in Mississippi and my 3rd great grandfather was interviewed years before I was born and I was lucky enough to find a book written about his life as a slave, its highly likely Sylvester Magee is one of my ancestors. Ive found some awesome stories that were told by my ancestors and have no reason to think any of them made them up
his claim was never proven so you can’t tell if it’s true or not
@@56thunder you can't tell he is lying
@@corysimmons455 his organs would’ve not function properly, he claims he’s “smoked for 108 years” so he would’ve died of lung cancer so he would’ve died earlier
@@56thunder total b.s
@@corysimmons455 it ain’t, he claimed hr smoked for 108 years
Being a Sylvester myself, how could I live for more than 22 years without knowing that this man existed?
I wish the news reporter would stop trying to discredit black history by saying this is a myth
Right
It’s not discrediting black history, it’s discrediting false history. The likelihood is he was 130 is very slim
@@vvmax4375 The likelihood that any particular person will live to be 110 is unlikely but it does happen. It is possible that he lived for that long.
@@APOCALYPSE_X-MEN not really possible, his heart would’ve not even been working as well as his other organs
@@vvmax4375 He could have been off by some years but that doesn’t mean his story is false. A little IQ goes along way. He could have been very young when fighting in the Civil War. I don’t think they cared too much about how old black boys and men were, just as long as they could provide some value. It is very likely this man was telling the truth from all the evidence
“Or the strangest factual account ever” - not sure how it’s strange, aside from him loving so long. Wouldn’t even really say that’s strange, but rare
My mom had just turned 20 on the day he died and I was still a newborn at 5 months old.
It's honestly crazy and ironic that this one guy was the symbolic nexus for so much of America's history. Not only the last freed slave, but the last Civil War veteran for BOTH sides of the war. And if true with the South, it would be both ironic and poetic that the last Confederate veteran was not just a black man, but a freed slave.
This is so amazing 😍
Hello my name is Julie Schepner I am doing my SR on the Magee Family
"he wound up a slave". Yeah... that's how that works when you're, according to Sylvester's story, born to slaves.
I agree he could've phrased it better. Like he was captured in Africa
Free born blacks from the North were sometimes taken as slaves if, for instance, they visited the South and didn't have, or lost, their paperwork (or it was just not believed or ignored).
See the history of the "Seaman's protection certificate"
@@VigilanceTechSad truth. It was damn near suicide, to go willingly back down south in those times…
Yes I believe. Because he has a court record and census records. 130 years old
Interesting 😄
This is my favorite event in history to point how social justice distorts facts for their agenda.
😂😂
Even if he wasn’t 130 I think he was a former slave at some point
Repent and trust in Jesus. Hes the only way. We deserve Hell because weve sinned. Lied, lusted stolen, etc. But God sent his son to die on the cross and rise out of the grave. We can receive forgiveness from Jesus. Repent and put your trust in him.
John 3:16
Romans 3:23