1. Christmas Moultrie was an American former slave who became a duck hunter and merchant.
11 Facts About Christmas Moultrie
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Christmas Moultrie was a central character in John Eugene Cay Jr.
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Moultrie was born on Christmas Day 1857 at Mulberry Grove Plantation in Savannah, Georgia, the last child born into slavery on the plantation.
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Christmas Moultrie formed a business hunting ducks in Savannah's marshland with Ward Allen.
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Christmas Moultrie had one known child, Hardee, born in 1895; he died in 1935, aged 39 or 40.
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Christmas Moultrie had at least three other granddaughters: Mary F Johnson, Georgia Benton and Della Stell.
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Christmas Moultrie went to the Georgia State Legislature with his concerns, but had no success in affecting change.
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Christmas Moultrie's body was found floating in the Savannah River.
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Christmas Moultrie died on April 23,1956, in Port Wentworth, Georgia.
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Christmas Moultrie is interred in Port Wentworth's Cherokee Hill Baptist Churchyard.
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Christmas Moultrie's popularity grew with the release of the 2013 film Savannah, which was based on John Eugene Cay Jr.