The Remarkable Bass Reeves

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  • Опубликовано: 24 дек 2024

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  • @TodayIFoundOut
    @TodayIFoundOut  6 лет назад +41

    Now that you know all about the remarkable Bass Reeves check out this video and find out Why Proper Sterilization Procedures are Used During Lethal Injections:
    ruclips.net/video/9LW8iTZJHDw/видео.html

    • @arthurias7693
      @arthurias7693 6 лет назад +20

      Terry Gabrich You're an obvious troll trying to bait a response. You are so pathetic

    • @darrreiitucker372
      @darrreiitucker372 6 лет назад +15

      Clearly a racsist fool,,,,,

    • @chadsknnr
      @chadsknnr 6 лет назад +1

      11:05. Bass used guile? Of course he did! Guile goes with everything . . . .

    • @seanc8054
      @seanc8054 6 лет назад +5

      man, where is the movie for this guy?! what an amazing life he had

    • @calikidd187
      @calikidd187 5 лет назад +6

      Firstly i would like to say thank you for all the great work you do. I am always impressed on how your videos inspire and inform. As an African American living and aspiring history teacher i often struggle on how to inspire students, So it is refreshing to say the least on to be able to point some of the more positive characters in black history instead of usual bombardment of slavery/segregation/civil-rights. So for the humility and poise you show in delivering these tidbits of forgotten history. I say again thank you, your channel simply put "bloody brilliant".
      p.s Topic: Idea "St. Maurice " patron saint of a German village honored by the first holy roman emperor Charlemagne as well as the patron saint for soldiers and veterans not to forget protector of the holy-lance order of the legendary Roman legion of Thebes.

  • @francoislacombe9071
    @francoislacombe9071 7 лет назад +1644

    That guy's life would make a great movie.

    • @guytypeperson
      @guytypeperson 7 лет назад +9

      Francois Lacombe I was about to male the same comment.

    • @fitnessoni7881
      @fitnessoni7881 7 лет назад +57

      Francois Lacombe I am thinking a Quentin Tarantino movie

    • @y_fam_goeglyd
      @y_fam_goeglyd 7 лет назад +2

      Dennis Öztürk Thank you!

    • @0NlRAPTOR
      @0NlRAPTOR 7 лет назад +47

      yeah, this would have been hella better than Djnago Unchained. That was utter crap.
      But then most everything Tarantino makes is crap. People only like them for the violence.
      Pulp Fiction is height of his career, although, many directors peaked early.

    • @0NlRAPTOR
      @0NlRAPTOR 7 лет назад +50

      I am genuinely surprized that Will Smith hasnt produced Bass Reeves himself.
      He throws enough money into bad movies this seems perfect for him:
      a black hero that always wins.

  • @lexagon9295
    @lexagon9295 7 лет назад +260

    For all the people talking about how this should be made into a movie:
    Morgan Freeman has been trying to get exactly such a movie made for years, without much luck. It's being made into an HBO series, with Freeman likely playing at least the older version Reeves (likely with some other actor portraying the younger version). So, this story + HBO + Morgan Freeman = guaranteed epic series.

    • @ffggddss
      @ffggddss 7 лет назад +8

      He was the subject of one of Bill O'Reilly's, "Legends and Lies - the Real West," and that in that episode, Reeves was held up as possibly the real-life basis for the famous legend of the Lone Ranger.
      But that was just a 1-hour episode (Part 9) of a 10-part series. The Morgan Freeman effort sounds like a much more extensive portrayal may be in the offing. I hope he brings it off!

    • @biggreentruck4907
      @biggreentruck4907 6 лет назад +8

      If Morgan Freeman wants to do the movie, he should research the topic extensively (which he probably has), and hire a screen writer. I'm sure that he knows a few. Clint Eastwood would probably be inclined to produce and direct it. At this point, if Freeman wants to see the movie made, there's no legitimate reason why it couldn't be made.

    • @jamcrane3
      @jamcrane3 6 лет назад +2

      I once saw a picture of a bust of Genghis Khan in Nat Geographic, he looked like a slightly Oriental American Hispanic......

    • @bettythomas8660
      @bettythomas8660 6 лет назад +2

      But, I would prefer a film to be make instead of this series.....I would like them to make a movie about Anter.

    • @jimbob-ut1ns
      @jimbob-ut1ns 5 лет назад +2

      lexagon it's called DJANGO. that's the movie

  • @calebwarren5841
    @calebwarren5841 5 лет назад +37

    “...and had no known master but duty” That’s gotta be the ultimate obituary for a former slave. That gave me chills hearing that

  • @gusbrady4972
    @gusbrady4972 7 лет назад +60

    Former slave turn deputy Marshall that captured 3000 outlaws and has a moustache that kickass u know at that stage he is gonna be a absolute badass.

  • @RobCantave
    @RobCantave 7 лет назад +67

    That was basically badass. Thanks for highlighting this remarkable man's story!

  • @UniqueChannel654654
    @UniqueChannel654654 7 лет назад +138

    I'm a born and raised Fort Smithian. While I already knew about Reeves, it's nice to see our region get some attention. If you ever want to take a trip through Fort Smith, you can visit the jail where he brought his prisoners and see Parkers courtroom.

    • @evanjin4872
      @evanjin4872 7 лет назад +6

      Hang 'em High.

    • @TheSlugJones
      @TheSlugJones 7 лет назад

      Hi Fellow Fort citizen. Well, I used to live in the fort. Not a bad little city. Got robbed a time or two but enjoyed living there the years I did. :)

    • @shevellewhips4322
      @shevellewhips4322 5 лет назад

      Daniel Dawson IT'S NOT ABOUT REGION. IT'S ABOUT THE MAN

    • @sager3388
      @sager3388 3 года назад

      Lmao yea I'm sure ya'll wouldn't want any Mexican in your City. Even a Civilized one! 🤣

  • @yellafella05
    @yellafella05 7 лет назад +218

    For everyone wondering why Bass Reeves' story hasn't been made into a movie, that's because it already has. Actually six of them, along with a TV series, two movie house serials, and radio series with nearly 3,000 episodes over a 20 year span. Any guesses to what I'm referring to?
    The Lone Ranger.
    Want proof? Okay. Feel free to fact check me. The Lone Ranger first appeared on a radio station in Detroit in 1933. The significance behind that is Detroit was where the prison most of the men Reeves apprehended was located. A couple thousand inmates all being arrested by the same man over the course of a few decades would be a popular jail house topic and would certainly be prone to local legend. The Lone Ranger rode a pale gray horse just like the one Reeves usually rode. Tonto was more than likely a composite of the Native trackers that Reeves worked and lived with in the Indian territory. The Lone Ranger would give out silver bullets as his calling card, Reeves would give out silver dollars. Both were incredible marksmen, trackers, spoke various Native American languages fluently, were known for amazing strength, highly intelligent and cunning, wore disguises to trick the people they were after. Then, there's this: in the beginning, the Lone Ranger's arguably most famous attribute, the black mask, was described as not covering his eyes....but his entire face! That's one too many coincidences for me. As far as I'm concerned, Bass Reeves IS The Lone Ranger.

    • @originaldelta
      @originaldelta 7 лет назад +9

      Ry Elliot Mind blown,you might be right!

    • @MADNEWYORKER914
      @MADNEWYORKER914 7 лет назад +8

      Ry Elliot
      I think I heard something about that???

    • @mekyel777
      @mekyel777 7 лет назад +12

      Ry Elliot it's true I've heard many say the lone ranger was based on Bass Reeves

    • @shameme-fp5kf
      @shameme-fp5kf 6 лет назад +6

      Yeah the "black mask" covered his whole face alright.

    • @Nerudah
      @Nerudah 6 лет назад +1

      So was the lone ranger a runaway slave too?

  • @YankeesOutdoorAdventures
    @YankeesOutdoorAdventures 7 лет назад +103

    Bass Reeves was one badass cowboy! And I'll say it ......the man truly had balls of steel😲

    • @ogretowman8695
      @ogretowman8695 6 лет назад +2

      Yankees Outdoor Adventures It was said that he always had a pony trailing him which actually carried his BALLS !

    • @mexton
      @mexton 6 лет назад

      Yankees Outdoor Adventures bb

  • @u.s.n.retired1995
    @u.s.n.retired1995 7 лет назад +158

    Now this was a BAD BROTHER. No mention of him in history books. Thanks for this info!

    • @charlesroan8273
      @charlesroan8273 5 лет назад +2

      @CEO RW shame on you

    • @BlackMoonHawk
      @BlackMoonHawk 5 лет назад +3

      @CEO RW what? You must be criminal minded!

    • @Ogun1804Ogun
      @Ogun1804Ogun 5 лет назад +2

      Hidden colors 4

    • @realnewsthatmatters9319
      @realnewsthatmatters9319 5 лет назад +4

      Do you honestly believe that they want positive imagery of a black law man getting out?......... Imagery that would inspire young black men to pursue law enforcement careers,........... HELL NO.

    • @chandrastar5939
      @chandrastar5939 5 лет назад

      @CEO RW well he would have a only his perspective, not the awareness of what we have now. He sounds like a gd person white or black or at least lead an extraordinary life.

  • @nerblebun
    @nerblebun 7 лет назад +67

    Morgan Freeman was very interested in making a movie about Bass Reeves, but decided he was to old to play the part. Something else not mentioned here, when Reeves traveled into the Territories, he usually allowed only one companion. An American Indian, not another Marshall. I've been to the U.S. Marshall Museum in Ft.Smith, Arkansas. Reeves coat, hat, and gun & holster are on display next to Bell Starr's saddle. I was extremely tempted to reach over the rope & try on Bass Reeves hat, but overcame the temptation and sniffed Bells saddle instead.

  • @naejin
    @naejin 7 лет назад +346

    Is Bass Reeves short for Bad A*s Reaves?

    • @speed150mph
      @speed150mph 5 лет назад +1

      Haha I could very well see how you could make that assumption given he was a very bad ass legend, but sorry to disappoint. His first name was a carry over from his grandfather Basse, and his last name of Reeves came from the family he served when he was a slave.

    • @vladiatorfilms4329
      @vladiatorfilms4329 5 лет назад +6

      speed150mph dude he was just making a joke, shut the fuck up

    • @asesinovida5708
      @asesinovida5708 5 лет назад

      VladiatorFilms lmao he white bro!

    • @metropcs8810
      @metropcs8810 5 лет назад +2

      Why did you spell Reeves two different ways?

    • @ciphbudd7102
      @ciphbudd7102 5 лет назад

      💯

  • @TheJanitorIsIn
    @TheJanitorIsIn 7 лет назад +452

    DJANGO: UNFICTION'D

    • @theo7236
      @theo7236 7 лет назад +20

      Lol it's what i was thinking throughout this whole video

    • @Jacob-iz7tz
      @Jacob-iz7tz 7 лет назад +3

      David Cook I agree wud make a great moive.

    • @treone3169
      @treone3169 7 лет назад +8

      No, The Lone Ranger

    • @I_Have_Thought
      @I_Have_Thought 7 лет назад +4

      again.wheres the movie

    • @henrybrackens9288
      @henrybrackens9288 5 лет назад

      As I was listening to this I was thinking about the Django also

  • @MegaAli213
    @MegaAli213 7 лет назад +45

    If the educational system, taught historical facts like this, our society would be more inclusive and loving of one another, as fellow Americans, and family countrymen. Hatred, bigotry, animosity and prejudice would cease to exist, almost over night. We are all Americans with the same destiny, freedom, unity, and peace. US naval war vet, Desert Storm 1990-94 USS Marvin Shields.

    • @DDC365
      @DDC365 5 лет назад +2

      I very much agree.....Desert Storm Vet 87-91

    • @ascend3654
      @ascend3654 5 лет назад +1

      *IF* many things, our society would be enjoyable for mankind. But obviously there is an *AGENDA* to keep everything terrible.

    • @305savage
      @305savage 5 лет назад

      "inclusive" its a dream a myth... included, damn near equals handed hand out... cooperation not inclusion... and in order for us to be at the table we must build our strength... its costly to assault some one with the same strength as you, if you have the abilty to sustain war you have the presence to insure peace... as long as we believe in inclusion we will always be beggars... OWNERS NOTHING LESS or we will always wonder instead bringing wonderment

    • @MrRickb75645
      @MrRickb75645 4 года назад

      Actually my father learned about him in school. My father is eighty. Learned about him again in college, when he was in the Navy, while he was in the Bay of Pigs war. Liberal media love to hide things , but conservative education loves history , and wants it all in there and true.

    • @stevengordon3271
      @stevengordon3271 3 года назад +2

      @@MrRickb75645 Maybe true conservative education, but the current "conservative" movement puts any "liberal" lies to shame.

  • @tdmagichands
    @tdmagichands 7 лет назад +438

    Hollywood turned him into the white man " named The Lone Ranger"

    • @kennethscott1603
      @kennethscott1603 5 лет назад +26

      Yep

    • @jamesvickers9476
      @jamesvickers9476 5 лет назад +14

      Tdmagichands C ... absolutely true

    • @BigOldScout
      @BigOldScout 5 лет назад +13

      There is no proof. The only book that exists only shows some Newspaper articles and speculations. It would also be an insult to make a man who was a US Marshall, and US Marshalls hated Texas Rangers, into a Texas Ranger. In addition, Everyone who knew who Bass Reeves was. The Lone Ranger wore a mask and kept his identity a secrete.

    • @shadysif6220
      @shadysif6220 5 лет назад +3

      @Mac Can you post the link to the archival documents?

    • @sevensixfour5838
      @sevensixfour5838 5 лет назад +22

      I once read somewhere the novel True Grit was loosely based on Bass Reeves...both deputy u.s.marshalls were from Arkansas and known to be fearless individuals who always got their man. Of course Reeves being black and Rooster Cogburn being a white man may have been stretching it a bit but its sounds like they were cut from the same cloth..something to ponder i suppose.

  • @reikomyles1495
    @reikomyles1495 7 лет назад +3

    Excellent video viewed it 2x. I've never heard of Deputy Marshall Bass Reeves, not until today. This brother was an exceptionally gifted law man. Fearless, courageous, quick draw, and accurate marks men. His legacy is untouchable. No movie should be made, it would not do him justice. A five part documentary should be made. Today I Found Out thank you for your accurate attention to detail in sharing Bass Reeves's story. Kudos and a job well done.

  • @JohnLeePedimore
    @JohnLeePedimore 7 лет назад +164

    Here's another black historical figure that never gets mention.
    William "Billy" Lee was a slave owned by General George Washington who became Washington's personal valet and stayed right next to Washington all through the Revolutionary War and they also hunted together.Anyway,it's not the typical slave story and it's a lot more involved but check it out.

    • @naryosh_
      @naryosh_ 7 лет назад +11

      Thanks for the info, I'll check it out

    • @walkertongdee
      @walkertongdee 7 лет назад +1

      Washington's slave great..

    • @krisaaron8180
      @krisaaron8180 7 лет назад +6

      A Different Narrative Maybe their African features were the result of something else. Slaves ran away into the wilds of the West and some joined Native American tribes, especially as slavery expanded into states which bordered Indian Territory. The Lewis and Clark Expedition included a black man who was fascinating to the Western tribes they encountered, and there were sexual encounters based on this fascination, once they stop spitting in their palms and rubbing it on him to see if the color would come off. Reportedly he was fine with all of it but disliked their name for him, which was Black White Man.
      There is so much history out there that hasn't been explored.

    • @dontworryaboutit8213
      @dontworryaboutit8213 7 лет назад

      +A Different Narrative just watched your video on this. What do you identify as?

    • @fleabottom
      @fleabottom 7 лет назад +1

      "Same as my Daddy and his Daddy before..." Copperhead Road.

  • @yvonnew2688
    @yvonnew2688 7 лет назад +441

    The original lone ranger.

    • @theamericandreamlegba9638
      @theamericandreamlegba9638 6 лет назад +1

      Yvonne Wabai ----Wow! I didn't know a colored guy. Who would of ever thought.

    • @angeliquaserenity5009
      @angeliquaserenity5009 6 лет назад +21

      No . The REAL Lone Ranger

    • @agentwashingtub9167
      @agentwashingtub9167 5 лет назад +13

      It’s thought that the Lone Ranger is actually based on Bass Reeves. However, because of the racism of the time, the writers of the Lone Ranger never admitted that

    • @anwjuice
      @anwjuice 5 лет назад +2

      @@agentwashingtub9167 and I'm sure they took bits off other gunslingers too but the base character was based off Bass but they use everyonewhen making fictional characters

    • @ciphbudd7102
      @ciphbudd7102 5 лет назад +1

      If that you in your Avatar..... You are f@€%!# GORGEOUS 😍😘😗😙😚

  • @justinweber4977
    @justinweber4977 4 года назад +6

    "Dead or alive, you're coming with me."
    Who knew Robocop was quoting Bass Reeves?

  • @crashkeene
    @crashkeene 5 лет назад +4

    36 years on this planet and this is the first I’m hearing of his amazing story. Truly can say “today I found out”.

  • @renatacantoregross6283
    @renatacantoregross6283 7 лет назад +3

    Deputy Marshall Bass Reeves was the original model for The Lone Ranger.
    I enjoyed learning this story more than words can say.

  • @cuteknot9
    @cuteknot9 7 лет назад +197

    Needs to be a dlc story for red dead redemption 2

    • @MrAnybody
      @MrAnybody 7 лет назад +5

      That would be cool

    • @Groaznic
      @Groaznic 7 лет назад +7

      Red dead redemption 2 needs to get its ass over to the PC....

    • @dumbasslive2515
      @dumbasslive2515 7 лет назад +9

      Nah, PC gamers need to buy their ass a console ;)

    • @theholypopechodeii4367
      @theholypopechodeii4367 7 лет назад +2

      Dumbasslive It's probably like GTAV, it will come out on PC after a while

    • @dumbasslive2515
      @dumbasslive2515 7 лет назад +2

      +RayzeTheDragon Yeah, I imagine so. I doubt we'll all get it on the same date but you never know.

  • @pluperw
    @pluperw 7 лет назад +366

    so when is denzel going to play him in a movie?

    • @futurestoryteller
      @futurestoryteller 7 лет назад +2

      Wouldn't you need someone younger?

    • @Maxd75kai
      @Maxd75kai 7 лет назад +9

      futurestoryteller don Glover?

    • @futurestoryteller
      @futurestoryteller 7 лет назад

      the surgeon
      Yeah! Haven't seen Atlanta yet, but I think that makes more sense.

    • @BidM142
      @BidM142 7 лет назад +23

      His character in The Magnificent Seven was heavily influenced by Bass Reeves

    • @barbiquearea
      @barbiquearea 7 лет назад +5

      I think Samuel Jackson would be a better fit.

  • @y_fam_goeglyd
    @y_fam_goeglyd 7 лет назад +143

    Fascinating! More like this please. His story would make a great film.

    • @cuklabcusade
      @cuklabcusade 7 лет назад +1

      Mandy B alreadyis. it's django unchained

    • @chadatchison145
      @chadatchison145 7 лет назад +2

      kenneth mabie Still being a douche I see lol.

    • @michaelsenior1599
      @michaelsenior1599 7 лет назад +2

      No, that guy's a bounty hunter who doesn't have half the abilities of Reeves.

    • @chadatchison145
      @chadatchison145 7 лет назад

      Ken You don't remember me after all that we've been through? Smh. I've grown quite fond of our interactions over the last couple of years and you don't remember me, i'm crushed! lol

    • @chadatchison145
      @chadatchison145 7 лет назад

      Ken see you do remember me! ;)

  • @tanyawade5197
    @tanyawade5197 2 года назад

    I’ve seen this video at least 3 times over the yrs, but I’m never any less impressed with Bass’ honor & decency. Having to go after his own son is perhaps the greatest test of a man’s honesty, but he did it without hesitation. He didn’t conspire you help his son escape justice. He probably protected his son’s life by taking the warrant himself, but otherwise held to his reputation & bearing as an honest man of the law. So very impressed. This is what a real lawman is & does! RIP Bass🕊💖.

  • @branon6565
    @branon6565 6 лет назад +19

    Bass Reeves was a savage, from what I've read, he didn't put up with nobody's mess...he was all about his business as a law man....

    • @deljay1840
      @deljay1840 3 года назад

      False. He was a thinking man who out thought the men he captured

  • @calikidd187
    @calikidd187 5 лет назад +3

    Firstly i would like to say thank you for all the great work you do. I am always impressed on how your videos inspire and inform. As an African American living and aspiring history teacher i often struggle on how to inspire students, So it is refreshing to say the least on to be able to point some of the more positive characters in black history instead of usual bombardment of slavery/segregation/civil-rights.
    So for the humility and poise you show in delivering these tidbits of forgotten history. I say again thank you, your channel simply put "bloody brilliant".
    p.s Topic: Idea "St. Maurice " patron saint of a German village honored by the first holy roman emperor Charlemagne as well as the patron saint for soldiers and veterans not to forget protector of the holy-lance order of the legendary Roman legion of Thebes.

  • @tohopes
    @tohopes 7 лет назад +150

    13:56 This is why one of the 4 firearm safety rules is that you never point a gun at anything you're not willing to destroy.

    • @oz_jones
      @oz_jones 7 лет назад +8

      Thought the same.

    • @alfonsom8286
      @alfonsom8286 6 лет назад +6

      Yeah, never mind all the criminals he brought to justice, what the Phuk does your bigoted comment have to do with this American Hero's service to his county?

    • @agentwashingtub9167
      @agentwashingtub9167 5 лет назад +3

      A) those rules weren’t a thing yet, b) is there a reason you’re trying to throw shade on an American hero, because I think it has to do with the something of his skin

    • @shooterqqqq
      @shooterqqqq 5 лет назад

      @@agentwashingtub9167 The Four Gun Safety Rules are in place to save all lives regardless of the color of a person's skin. Research the Four Rules and maybe you can save someone's life.

    • @agentwashingtub9167
      @agentwashingtub9167 5 лет назад

      shooterqqqq Right, but I doubt they were a thing in Reconstruction America

  • @Bwkjam
    @Bwkjam 7 лет назад +33

    Forget a movie. You could have a whole TV show.

    • @Maxd75kai
      @Maxd75kai 7 лет назад +6

      Bwkjam on Netflix?

    • @geefreck
      @geefreck 5 лет назад +1

      I would so watch this 👍

  • @SamPanamaOfficial
    @SamPanamaOfficial 7 лет назад +4

    I've lived in Van Buren my whole life and I am extremely familiar with all this history. It's awesome to see it so well told on this channel. I can't wait until the Marshals Museum is finally open in 2018 in Fort Smith. Until then, come by and see Judge Issac Parker's Courthouse.

  • @AndNowThis..
    @AndNowThis.. 7 лет назад +12

    This guy needs a movie about his life.
    Amazing.

  • @ZoeKitten84
    @ZoeKitten84 7 лет назад +130

    Well, it worked in Blazing Saddles

    • @crushermach3263
      @crushermach3263 7 лет назад +6

      ^was looking for this comment

    • @slappy8941
      @slappy8941 7 лет назад +3

      You'd do it for Randolph Scott.

    • @collinh5473
      @collinh5473 7 лет назад

      Obviously you are so steeped in your imaginary heroes that when a real historical facts comes along, you are unable to separate facts from fiction.

    • @brianjackson3885
      @brianjackson3885 7 лет назад +5

      "I like playing chess,i like fucking.."
      "lets play some chess then!" movie had some of the best lines ever

  • @workhardism
    @workhardism 7 лет назад +39

    The Lone Ranger is also believed to be based or inspired by Bass Reeves life..

    • @Jake-nk4wg
      @Jake-nk4wg 4 года назад +1

      In actuality it is; no getting around it as many attempt.

  • @Gruesome420
    @Gruesome420 6 лет назад +6

    Having an "outlaw of the week" tv show based on this guy would be perfect.

  • @augustlovesjosh
    @augustlovesjosh 7 лет назад +47

    that's a powerful obituary for a former slave

  • @MrBarackTurner
    @MrBarackTurner 6 лет назад +1

    I love the way you've actually researched the material and added dates and references for fact checking. 90% of the videos you see nowadays sends you on an endless maze to learn more about the subject to where as you give multiple starting points if a person chose to do so. I've enjoyed this video very much and will subscribe. Thank You.

  • @Jpg700
    @Jpg700 7 лет назад +121

    Why haven't we got a film about Reeves?

    • @cuklabcusade
      @cuklabcusade 7 лет назад +2

      John Gaynor we have. django unchained

    • @ShatteredVinyl
      @ShatteredVinyl 7 лет назад +11

      Hollywood was too busy filming George Reeves and Steve Jobs biopics. Three more Jobs Biopics and they get a free iPAD!

    • @thomaswillard6267
      @thomaswillard6267 7 лет назад +26

      dank memes except no.
      Django was an ill-treated slave that was violently freed, trained to be a bounty hunter who went vigilante on a plantation to save his wife.
      Reeves was a well-treated slave who fled slavery on his own, became a lawman and went on to live a long life enforcing the law without grandiose displays of anger.

    • @pk13910
      @pk13910 7 лет назад +3

      At one time Morgan Freeman was interested in making said movie. A miniseries on HBO if I recall.

    • @futurestoryteller
      @futurestoryteller 7 лет назад +12

      We haven't even got a film about Frederick Douglass, let alone a black Federal Marshal, now ask yourself how many famous films are there about Wyatt Earp... or Jesse James

  • @Kameeho
    @Kameeho 7 лет назад +23

    I wonder if there is anything named up after bass reeves? For being such a legendary man. He would definatly have gotten places / items / vehicles named after him.

    • @craignehring
      @craignehring 7 лет назад +14

      Bass Pro Shop? (sorry had to say that)

    • @AdrianBroadnax
      @AdrianBroadnax 7 лет назад +1

      Craig Nehring
      😆😆😂😂👏👏👏

    • @SinSear001
      @SinSear001 7 лет назад +4

      Actually here in Springfield MO. we have an exhibit focused on the venerable Marshal Reeves at the main Bass Pro.

    • @Niffdaddy
      @Niffdaddy 6 лет назад

      @@craignehring I shouldn't laugh, but that shit was funny lol!

    • @craignehring
      @craignehring 6 лет назад

      @@Niffdaddy 👍👍❤️

  • @jmluc90
    @jmluc90 7 лет назад +162

    Why don't we learn about HIM in black history month???

    • @slappy8941
      @slappy8941 7 лет назад +36

      jmluc90 Because he doesn't fit the Marxist black liberation narrative.

    • @osamallama420avs5
      @osamallama420avs5 7 лет назад +3

      jmluc90 don't make gunplay even more admired

    • @jeffii9890
      @jeffii9890 7 лет назад

      Slappy How so?

    • @brianjackson3885
      @brianjackson3885 7 лет назад +1

      They show posse and rosewood what you mean?

    • @brianjackson3885
      @brianjackson3885 7 лет назад +3

      OsamaLlama420 avs why not hollywood cool with mafia gunplay all the time they dont mind showing war violence the wild wildmwest was th realist point in american history you respect another man as a man and you dont meet mr. .357 magnumplain and simple got beef with a sheriff take it up wit him mano e mano now they call it street justice back then it was a god given right to defend your name and honor

  • @johnychrist5475
    @johnychrist5475 6 лет назад +2

    Holy shit, he brought in 3,000 criminals and only had to kill 14? What a badass.
    This guy was essentially the Batman of that time.
    Sounds like he was a mythical figure to those criminals

  • @M3atcl3avR4
    @M3atcl3avR4 7 лет назад

    I'm from Fort Smith, home of the "Hanging Judge". Bass Reeves worked hand in hand with Judge Parker catching outlaws. He was so notable we recently had a bronze statue built dedicated to him downtown.

  • @PAINTuRED
    @PAINTuRED 7 лет назад +23

    it's quite peculiar, that almost every character trope in every western, is modeled after this dudes legend, yet there hasn't been a film based on him, neither a bio-pic nor fictional re-enactment

  • @susanb4816
    @susanb4816 7 лет назад +167

    i am surprised they haven't made this story into a movie. be a whole lot more entertaining than django

    • @truthbetrolled667
      @truthbetrolled667 7 лет назад +27

      This does not fit the criteria for Hollywood. It's not a black victim being oppressed by racist white people.

    • @surfk9836
      @surfk9836 7 лет назад +38

      Daniel_jack
      Yea, being a slave was not being oppressed.

    • @richarddismore5901
      @richarddismore5901 7 лет назад +4

      Watching paint dry is more entertaining that Django!

    • @brianboisguilbert6985
      @brianboisguilbert6985 7 лет назад +1

      How do you know anything, were you a slave?

    • @brianboisguilbert6985
      @brianboisguilbert6985 7 лет назад +1

      Got THAT right. SO overrated .

  • @naryosh_
    @naryosh_ 7 лет назад +26

    10 criminals are afraid of Bass Reeves.

    • @newstyouknowof
      @newstyouknowof 6 лет назад +1

      10 of the most dangerous and notorious in history were revealed to be because they were known but most probably feared him.

  • @shawtknight
    @shawtknight 6 лет назад +2

    I like how people say he is the Lone Ranger, he is way better than the Lone Ranger because he was real and actually did this stuff. He is not the Lone Ranger, he is Bass Reeves!

  • @rcharmel9316
    @rcharmel9316 5 лет назад +1

    I did a research project on him in the 3rd grade... 18 years old now and this is the first time ive seen his name mentioned anywhere else besides the biography book I read about him.

  • @notoriusc
    @notoriusc 7 лет назад +58

    Simon, is there any evidence to support the theory that he may have been the influence for the Lone Ranger character/stories?

    • @bigbrown630
      @bigbrown630 7 лет назад +3

      Notorius Productions that's why it's called a theory

    • @tjtrucking1467
      @tjtrucking1467 7 лет назад +21

      Notorius Productions PBS did a special called the real Lone Ranger and they said "the lone ranger was really Bass Reeves"

    • @inkcricketc6776
      @inkcricketc6776 7 лет назад +3

      T J Trucking ✔

    • @dimesonhiseyes9134
      @dimesonhiseyes9134 7 лет назад +8

      The lone ranger was loosely based off bass Reeves.

    • @blesroy1090
      @blesroy1090 7 лет назад +9

      yes there was a DOCUMENTRY about the LONE-RANGER many years ago and they say the true lone-ranger was a man called ("BASS REEVES") and he was a Black-Man................ and by the way according to one study I have read year ago at least 25% of the 200 federal marshals that was hired in that state alone was Black-Men, they had to go from town to town doing investigations and transporting prisoners from one town to the next and also in different states, I have read an old newspaper report of a prisoner been delivered to Chicago by a FEDERAL-MARSHAL called ("BASS REEVES") today, man that was some distance to travel...........

  • @gonshocks
    @gonshocks 7 лет назад +10

    Too many achievements to put into one movie but it would make a great series, "The Black Star".

    • @Jebu911
      @Jebu911 3 года назад

      Probably should be "the black badge" because it was used against him as an insult at start but in the end it was the reason criminals feared him.

  • @TheReddances
    @TheReddances 7 лет назад +10

    HOLY SHIT, AMERICA! Is there an Opera of this story? A film? A "Game of Thrones"- standard series? If this is true, we have a true hero to talk about.

  • @joshuanmemphis73
    @joshuanmemphis73 6 лет назад +1

    Like Yvonne Wabai said "The original lone ranger." This is true statement. The Lone Ranger character was based on Bass Reeves.

  • @nicofouche8876
    @nicofouche8876 5 лет назад +1

    It is sad that so many back people don't know black history..... Even here in South Africa it is sad.... But with a little bit of research you stummble on great gems like these......

  • @pauljnolan1000
    @pauljnolan1000 7 лет назад +3

    Simon Whistler, you do a marvelous job! I don't know where you're going, but I am certain you have a tremendous future ahead of you.
    Best wishes,
    Paul J. Nolan

  • @BrandonJXN2
    @BrandonJXN2 5 лет назад +3

    Fun fact: in Red Dead Redemption and RDR2, there is a sherriff in the town of Tumbleweed named Sam Freeman who is clearly based off of Bass Reeves.

  • @Polar-Eel
    @Polar-Eel 7 лет назад +45

    15 minutes well spent. Great video as always TIFO! Also, where did 600k subscribers come from? ;)

  • @surferdude4487
    @surferdude4487 4 года назад +1

    I've never heard of this fellow before. Truly a remarkable man.

  • @fmills1583
    @fmills1583 6 лет назад +1

    Bass Reeves was superhuman. Not only has history ignored this guy, but black history has ignored him also.

  • @marissahammer2229
    @marissahammer2229 7 лет назад +8

    WOW! How has a movie not been made about this amazing man?
    I watched Django last week on Netflix, so I could easily see Jamie Foxx playing Bass Reeves. Either way, Hollywood needs to get on it! LOL!

    • @shooterqqqq
      @shooterqqqq 5 лет назад

      Django was a white guy from a Spaghetti Western.

  • @JayS64
    @JayS64 5 лет назад +9

    Hold up 14 out of 3000 brought in alive! Damn no wonder criminal feared him. Thx for the vid

    • @JayS64
      @JayS64 5 лет назад

      @Ronald Mugo Oooo. Thx. Maybe i just didn't listen well enough.

    • @deljay1840
      @deljay1840 3 года назад

      Yes Internet, people this dumb do exist

    • @Jebu911
      @Jebu911 3 года назад

      I mean killing 14 people in self defence made him far more lethal than most of the murderers he hunted. But considering he brought 3000 alive he obviously wasn't out there for the fun of killing criminals.

  • @Mischa-wm6zs
    @Mischa-wm6zs 7 лет назад +16

    Holy Fuck! My new Hero. GOD DAMN just look at the dude. Salute this American HERO everyday!

  • @nonstop1861
    @nonstop1861 5 лет назад

    Bass is my great great grandfather. We have family spaced out from here in Oklahoma, Texas and Arkansas. We have a reunion every year to remember his life. It made me feel like a real bad ass growing up to know that I’m related to him.

  • @originalfatlarry
    @originalfatlarry 6 лет назад

    Wow what a man, dont you wish you had met Bass Reeves in an another life maybe. Thank you Simon that was a gem, that has touched me, and others I hope.

  • @Militant_Twinky_X
    @Militant_Twinky_X 7 лет назад +259

    Another story of a Black accomplished man that wasn't taught in school...
    I wonder why...
    🤔

    • @gumpyflyale2542
      @gumpyflyale2542 5 лет назад +2

      Its not the reason you are thinking there is a deeper reason why he is unknown not sure why though

    • @rwmartinez1262
      @rwmartinez1262 5 лет назад +3

      @Sound Logic waaahhhhh what about us?

    • @djimma5080
      @djimma5080 5 лет назад +3

      A black accomplished black who did what he did during the slave trade, limitations arise from the limitations imposed by the mind

    • @pureblack3363
      @pureblack3363 5 лет назад +11

      @Sound Logic What does her comment have to do with white people?

    • @Stanlayy-em4fk
      @Stanlayy-em4fk 5 лет назад +4

      To convince black people that our only legacy in the Americas is enslavement. As a T.V. reality star would say, "Not true".

  • @tedtoads9097
    @tedtoads9097 6 лет назад +3

    Being retired Law Enforcement I found this segment fascinating. Thank you.

  • @inigogw
    @inigogw 7 лет назад +198

    such a great thoughrouly researched video , thanks !!

    • @UltraGamma25
      @UltraGamma25 7 лет назад +4

      inigo webber That's what I love about this channel.

    • @TodayIFoundOut
      @TodayIFoundOut  7 лет назад +9

      You're very welcome. :-)

    • @taitywaity1836
      @taitywaity1836 7 лет назад +6

      inigo webber you spell like you go to art school mate

    • @inigogw
      @inigogw 7 лет назад +3

      taity waity hahahahahah ;)

    • @A_Goat
      @A_Goat 7 лет назад +2

      "Thoroughly", mate, "thoroughly".

  • @TrineDaely
    @TrineDaely 3 года назад +1

    The best book on Reeves (most researched, and based on still existing court records, as Reeves testified about how the arrest went during trials) and *the source* that every other source bases their info on is Black Gun, Silver Star by Art T. Burton. Reeves had a great memory because he couldn't read. He would memorize the warrants. Belle Starr, known for shooting at lawmen when they came for her, *turned herself into Reeves* when she found out he held her warrant. He was known as a man who treated you with respect until you disrespected him.
    If Reeves and Teddy Roosevelt had ever met, we might have a very different country today depending on how well they got along - or didn't.
    Read the book to find out the story about the skunk.

  • @dhaley8847
    @dhaley8847 5 лет назад +1

    a true black hero not a rapper or a drug dealer but a true black american hero! there should be statues of him and kids should learn about him in school! Hollywood should make a major movie about this guy for sure. Black kids need heros to look up to, Bass Reeves is the man!

  • @richarddismore5901
    @richarddismore5901 7 лет назад +3

    Your most informative and interesting video so far Simon!

  • @blubastud
    @blubastud 7 лет назад +16

    Holy Black History Month!!! I'm an African American and have never heard of this great man!!! They don't teach us any of the cool shit in history class, lol

    • @MarloSoBalJr
      @MarloSoBalJr 7 лет назад +2

      Some black people tend to distant themselves from law enforcing African-American heroes and rather to the glamorous-type Tupac (for some reason?). Just like you, this is my first time hearing about him and I'm already a fan of him.

    • @shawncrites9823
      @shawncrites9823 5 лет назад

      blubastud man move to fort smith arkansas they speak of this man like he was the second coming

  • @firstnamelastname-oy7es
    @firstnamelastname-oy7es 7 лет назад +7

    > known no master
    > gets paid $121,000 for bringing two bounties in alive.

    • @oz_jones
      @oz_jones 7 лет назад +2

      >no known master *but duty.

  • @Sheridan-365
    @Sheridan-365 5 лет назад +1

    These are stories we need to learn about in schools. Thank you.

  • @michaelfolker8810
    @michaelfolker8810 6 лет назад

    I read "Wolves at the Door" some years back, & if I rightly recall her disability was not the only reason she never became a foreign service officer.
    She applied twice to take the State's foreign service exam: in Turkey, she was transferred before the exam arrived; while she was assigned in Poland, State mailed her the exam but without the answer sheet. Because the forn. service exam was administered twice a year, Ms. Hall was not around to take it the next time. By then she had left the State Dept. & was busy in France.

  • @X-Prime123
    @X-Prime123 7 лет назад +3

    Damn, that guy was unbelievably lucky. And awesome.

  • @Groaznic
    @Groaznic 7 лет назад +100

    I hope Idris Elba watched this episode.

    • @danielkorladis7869
      @danielkorladis7869 6 лет назад +6

      A movie about Bass Reeves starring Idris Elba would be so cool.

    • @Vintagenegro
      @Vintagenegro 6 лет назад +2

      @@danielkorladis7869 denzel washington

    • @santanacee
      @santanacee 5 лет назад +1

      @@Vintagenegro nooooo ive seen enough of denzel. We need Idris 🙋‍♂️

    • @shevellewhips4322
      @shevellewhips4322 5 лет назад

      HE DOES!

    • @antoinettek-low2398
      @antoinettek-low2398 5 лет назад

      @@Vintagenegro I'll take Denzel. Samuel Jackson Idris or Morgan but Idris and Jamie got the height 👁

  • @paulsondumbbells150
    @paulsondumbbells150 7 лет назад +10

    happy Monday everyone!

  • @OfMiceAndMegabytes
    @OfMiceAndMegabytes 6 лет назад +2

    I can't say if Lone Ranger is based off him or not but from the sound of it Reeves was one tough lawman. Can't wait to read up on him.

  • @quinnzykir
    @quinnzykir 7 лет назад +2

    Even chuck Norris has nightmares of reeves rising from the grave

  • @NothingButTheTruth2.0
    @NothingButTheTruth2.0 7 лет назад +59

    most people realize that these positive stories about African-Americans does not fit into the racist undercurrent of American narritive... the real question is why isn't this in the history books??

    • @cherylcampbell9369
      @cherylcampbell9369 5 лет назад +3

      You answered your own question. What circular strangeness.

    • @joannemercer8457
      @joannemercer8457 5 лет назад +1

      Its called His story!

    • @jakerupp2113
      @jakerupp2113 5 лет назад +2

      I mean it's not really major historical turning point, for example do you learn about wyatt earp in history class? No

    • @joannemercer8457
      @joannemercer8457 5 лет назад

      @@jakerupp2113
      Yes.

    • @jakerupp2113
      @jakerupp2113 5 лет назад

      Mercer dought it

  • @TheRealE.B.
    @TheRealE.B. 7 лет назад +91

    If Bass Reeves and Chuck Norris got into a fist fight, it would end in a draw due to the heat death of the universe.

    • @10TDF
      @10TDF 7 лет назад +6

      leadfoot9x True Story

    • @Demon_eyes_kyo_06
      @Demon_eyes_kyo_06 6 лет назад

      Lmao, that's a good one.

    • @reimourrpower9357
      @reimourrpower9357 5 лет назад +2

      Bass Reeves would kick Chuck Norris' ass, bury him then ressurect him so Chuck could get his ass kicked by Bruce lee in the 70's.

    • @smoothoperator7023
      @smoothoperator7023 5 лет назад +1

      Chuck would shit his Depends.

  • @normanm5254
    @normanm5254 7 лет назад +3

    VERY cool story. Bass Reeves was truly a badass.

  • @DarqueQueen7
    @DarqueQueen7 6 лет назад +2

    Woe. Once again a fantastic story about a bigger than life person I had never about. Thank you, Simon and Co. for a great lesson!

  • @judsonking4044
    @judsonking4044 7 лет назад +1

    That director of "Hell and High Water", "Sicario" and "Wind River" should direct his movie. Those movies were so good and had diversity to them.

  • @laura1443
    @laura1443 6 лет назад +6

    Sound like a real badass...

  • @Wavemaninawe
    @Wavemaninawe 7 лет назад +8

    7:39
    The bullets took one look at Bass and went "FUCK. That."

    • @Zeldarw104
      @Zeldarw104 7 лет назад +1

      Wavemaninawe Lololzzz😂

  • @arkangel8419
    @arkangel8419 7 лет назад +4

    there is a great book about bass on Audible.
    its like 11 hours long so i would suggest listening to it while taking breaks to listen to other books

  • @jlnolan1
    @jlnolan1 5 лет назад +2

    Tyler Perry, Lee Daniels, Oprah Winfrey, Spike Lee, Will Packer I'm calling you out! We need more movies about figures like Mr. Reeves and less of the tired retreads we are force fed by Hollywood. There's no reason Bass Reeves' name shouldn't ring out the same as Earp, Pat Garrett, Bat Masterson, etc.

  • @josehuerta3964
    @josehuerta3964 7 лет назад +2

    this man is absolutely awesome. i couldn't have picked a better day to see this video. This man is truly a badass.

    • @josehuerta3964
      @josehuerta3964 7 лет назад +1

      Also how has Samuel L. Jackson not played this charactet yet??? i mean i imagine reeves to be the type of character Jackson played in the Hateful Eight.

  • @mojosbigsticks
    @mojosbigsticks 7 лет назад +10

    No wonder he wanted to bring in his own son. He wanted him to live.

  • @tillerbeez6575
    @tillerbeez6575 7 лет назад +22

    Pretty sure Hollywood co-op'ed this guy to create The Loan Ranger.

    • @reimourrpower9357
      @reimourrpower9357 5 лет назад

      And Django except QT gave all the credit to Django's education from Dr. Schultz.

    • @sometimesidontunderstand0029
      @sometimesidontunderstand0029 5 лет назад

      And robocop

    • @shooterqqqq
      @shooterqqqq 5 лет назад

      Not even close. You're too busy reading silly comments than use your own research.

    • @shooterqqqq
      @shooterqqqq 5 лет назад

      @@reimourrpower9357 Django was a white actor in a spaghetti western.

    • @shooterqqqq
      @shooterqqqq 5 лет назад

      docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/41b57b_65fd2f2e944846ddbfa937d8449a43cf.pdf

  • @golddie8
    @golddie8 7 лет назад +22

    They made a show about him, The Lone Ranger.

    • @deljay1840
      @deljay1840 3 года назад

      Yes, just like they a made a show about John F Kennedy starring Wesley Snipes

  • @idleonlooker1078
    @idleonlooker1078 6 лет назад +1

    An amazingly brave man and legend. Hollywood made a balls up of "Tombstone", but I think they should make a movie of this guy and keep it historically accurate.

  • @johnmoore823
    @johnmoore823 6 лет назад +1

    Great Video! I live in Van Buren Arkansas. Excited to see my home town mentioned on this channel. Keep up the good work.

  • @ek07305
    @ek07305 7 лет назад +4

    What blows my mind is that there were more justice done for the black man back in the prominent racist era in the 19th century than there is now in this modern Era . Ain't that the freaking joke of the century? The guy was so valuable to the state that justice worked fairly for him. Moral of the story -- if you are a minority, make yourself valuable, period!

  • @OnlyGreatness007
    @OnlyGreatness007 7 лет назад +20

    Bass Reeves is the real Lone Ranger

  • @KenoshaKicker
    @KenoshaKicker 7 лет назад +6

    Denzel Washington is in everything.

  • @drewhelean1752
    @drewhelean1752 7 лет назад +2

    Bass Reeves was a hell of a man. I watched a documentary about him that was very eye opening.

  • @TC-nd8vo
    @TC-nd8vo 4 года назад

    The pride in Reeves face on the picture is so well deserved! Amazing life

  • @Mike_Steel
    @Mike_Steel 7 лет назад +48

    Idris Elba needs to play Bass!

    • @erichardric4795
      @erichardric4795 5 лет назад +1

      He would look pretty cool with that mustache

    • @frankmill5172
      @frankmill5172 5 лет назад +3

      no Will Smith should play Bass Reeves in a Movie he looks more like Bass than Elba

    • @jhanturandall2519
      @jhanturandall2519 5 лет назад +1

      idris for sure but I would also love to see michael jai white playing him

    • @andreransom6565
      @andreransom6565 5 лет назад +1

      YES, because his is not a clown, and would be a respectable choice

    • @ALIENDNA14
      @ALIENDNA14 5 лет назад

      No!!!

  • @yodasippin1317
    @yodasippin1317 7 лет назад +14

    He died 107 yrs ago...I don't have any warrants...Why I'm I scared he's gonna be under my bed or some shit?

    • @carlos00700
      @carlos00700 3 года назад +1

      He wouldn’t be under your bed. He’d be in a house a few neighborhoods over with a clear shot with lights on or off

  • @ejfudd3500
    @ejfudd3500 7 лет назад +83

    Very interesting! Guess he was not on the "approved" list of black people that I learned about in school. (BTW I am white.)

    • @theproplady
      @theproplady 7 лет назад +16

      That's because he wasn't a victim who blamed whitey for his problems. You can't guilt trip white people into giving you money unless you make them believe that all black people were helpless and without agency.

    • @bigbrown630
      @bigbrown630 7 лет назад +21

      theproplady just go to your klan meeting and shut up

    • @enlightenedx5017
      @enlightenedx5017 7 лет назад +31

      theproplady You do know that whites receive more government assistance than black people,right?

    • @TheBLACKboard65
      @TheBLACKboard65 7 лет назад

      EJ Fudd - Your stupid-assed comment revealed you are White, and most likely damned.

    • @stripes7153
      @stripes7153 6 лет назад +2

      He didn't go and blame all whites after he was freed though, and whites get why less welfare per capita. He was an independent man who pulled himself up by his bootstraps, but since he wielded guns and wasn't really prevented from achieving success after he was freed, (which implies society has changed since then which is against the liberal agenda which says America is a slave loving supremacist hellhole), liberals and blacks want nothing to do with him unless they can change the facts and portray him as a victim who never escaped.

  • @MegaTeeruk
    @MegaTeeruk 6 лет назад +1

    If I recall correctly he was also illiterate which was part of what amazed people. One of the cooler larger than life figures of the American west.
    I'd really like to see one of these on Frank Hamer.