Mixed Experience History Month 2013: Pompey Factor, Decorated Army Scout
Born
in 1849, Pompey Factor was a Black Seminole. His family fled to Mexico
in the 1850s featuring enslavement after the Second Seminole War. He
lived in Mexico until 1870 when he was recruited to serve as a US Army
scout. In 1875, Factor and two other scouts saved their commander during
a skirmish with the Comanche. He and the other scouts received the
Congressional Medal of Honor for their bravery. In 1877, Factor returned
to Mexico because of the rising tensions between black Seminole and
white settlers in Texas. He worked with the scouts in 1879, but left for
Mexico again in 1880. In 1926, he returned to Texas and died in 1928.
He is buried in Bracketville, Texas in the Seminole Indian Scout
Cemetery.
Mixed Experience History Month is the annual blog post series created by New York Times best-selling author Heidi Durrow celebrating the history of the Mixed experience. Established in 2007, Mixed Experience History Month is
an effort to highlight the long history of folks and events involved in the
Mixed experience. Please look for more profiles of people, places
and events of the Mixed experience every weekday of May at Lightskinned-ed Girl, the blog! Thanks for reading. And check out some of the previous year's profiles: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010,2011, 2013. Copyright 2013.
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Mixed Experience History Month 2013: Pompey Factor, Decorated Army Scout
Born
in 1849, Pompey Factor was a Black Seminole. His family fled to Mexico
in the 1850s featuring enslavement after the Second Seminole War. He
lived in Mexico until 1870 when he was recruited to serve as a US Army
scout. In 1875, Factor and two other scouts saved their commander during
a skirmish with the Comanche. He and the other scouts received the
Congressional Medal of Honor for their bravery. In 1877, Factor returned
to Mexico because of the rising tensions between black Seminole and
white settlers in Texas. He worked with the scouts in 1879, but left for
Mexico again in 1880. In 1926, he returned to Texas and died in 1928.
He is buried in Bracketville, Texas in the Seminole Indian Scout
Cemetery.
Mixed Experience History Month is the annual blog post series created by New York Times best-selling author Heidi Durrow celebrating the history of the Mixed experience. Established in 2007, Mixed Experience History Month is
an effort to highlight the long history of folks and events involved in the
Mixed experience. Please look for more profiles of people, places
and events of the Mixed experience every weekday of May at Lightskinned-ed Girl, the blog! Thanks for reading. And check out some of the previous year's profiles: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010,2011, 2013. Copyright 2013.
