52 Times When Historical Events Overlapped That Seem Completely Implausible

Speaking of the Civil War… Peter Mills was born in Maryland in 1861 to slavery and survived to see liberation after the Civil War. He would work on his father’s farm for a time before moving to Washington and Baltimore, working for a time digging sewers and playing baseball.

Following a visit in 1881 to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he would move there and spend the rest of his life living in the city. In 1972, at the age of 110, he died in a Pedestrian accident. He was known to be the last living former slave of the time.