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From Property to Property Owner
Holland's transition from slave to citizen represents one of the most important results of the Civil War. Born enslaved, he escaped to become a laborer and then a soldier in the 111th US Colored Infantry. After the war, Holland worked in Stones River National Cemetery and bought a small farm, where he and his grandson are buried.