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Master Fencer of the 19th Century: Thomas Butler

One of America’s first Black martial artists was a fencer by the name of Thomas Butler. In media of the early 1730s—1733 to be exact—he was known as the ”Pushing and Dancing Master.” Thomas Butler, Master Fencer Very little is known about Thomas Butler. He was a slave on the plantation of Alex Vanderdussen in Goose Creek, South […]

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