# Bob Marley's "Buffalo Soldier"

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 26, 2000, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-marleys-buffalo-soldier/11178 "2000-04-26T20:57:00Z")\
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> [@Little\_Nemo](#):
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> Think about it; it would be foolish to enslave people than form them into military units.

Tell that to the Ottomans.

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