Isaac M. Burgan was born a slave October 6, 1848, in McDowell County, North Carolina near Marion to a slave, Sylva Burgan. Burgan was still just a young child when he decided to fight back. His mother worked as a house slave and often took him along with her to the 'main house' where he […]
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