What is Bass Reeves?
[[Image:Bass Reeves.jpg|thumb|Bass Reeves]] '''Bass Reeves''' (16 July 1838 - 12 January 1910) was an African American sheriff in [[Arkansas]], who brought in hundreds of convicts. He was born as a [[slave]], but then escaped his abusive master. He was one of the first African Americans to work in [[law enforcement]] west of the [[Mississippi River]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=1747 |title=Bass Reeves (1838–1910) - Encyclopedia of Arkansas |last=Burton |first=Art |work=encyclopediaofarkansas.net |date=July 23, 2009 <!--last update--> |access-date=March 29, 2011}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Reeves, Bass}} [[Category:People from Arkansas]]