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Biography
Kelly Miller's parents were Kelly Miller Sr and Elizabeth Roberts; he was the sixth of their ten children.Kelly miller accident
Kelly Miller Sr was a free African-American tenant cotton farmer who, around the time his son was born, was fighting for the Confederate army in the American Civil War of 1861-65, a war between the federal government of the United States and the eleven Southern States who formed the Confederate States of America.
This is not the place to make any detailed study of the reasons for the Civil War but it is worth noting that slavery was perhaps the main issue. Elizabeth Roberts was a slave and it is interesting at this point to realise that Kelly Miller, the subject of this biography, would become an important figure in seeking fairness for African-Americans.
In fact in 1865, when Kelly was two years old, Union troops led by General Sherman destroyed large parts of his home town of Winnsboro.
Following the American Civil War, the Southern States were brought back in