Mormon History, 1847

(Green Flake) One of three black servants in the pioneer company, Green drove James Flake's white-topped carriage used by Brigham Young during the trek and entrance into the Salt Lake Valley. By Green's own account, he was "in the first wagon through Emigration Canyon."

[source: Van Wagoner, Richard and Walker, Steven C., A Book of Mormons, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]

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