Thomas Bayne (1824 – July 5, 1888) (also known as "Sam Nixon") was an African American Republican politician. Born a slave, he became a dental assistant and Underground Railroad conductor in Norfolk, Virginia, before escaping to New Bedford, Massachusetts, where he changed his name to Thomas Bayne.
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1824 North Carolina
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5 July 1888 (aged 64) Petersburg, Virginia
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