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Adam Paine
1843–1877
United States
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Biography
Adam Paine, or Adam Payne (1843 – January 1, 1877), was a Black Seminole who served as a United States Army Indian Scout and received America's highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Indian Wars of the western United States.
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