Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Eliza Carpenter (1851-December 16, 1924) was a race horse owner and jockey who was born an enslaved person and achieved success as the only African-American horse racer in early Oklahoma. For more than thirty years she owned and raced a number of Thoroughbred horses in country circuits, winning many races and considerable money.Born in Virginia some 10 years prior to the outbreak of the American Civil War, at 6 years of age Carpenter was sold to a slave owner in Madison County, Kentucky.. }
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- Eliza_Carpenter comment "Eliza Carpenter (1851-December 16, 1924) was a race horse owner and jockey who was born an enslaved person and achieved success as the only African-American horse racer in early Oklahoma. For more than thirty years she owned and raced a number of Thoroughbred horses in country circuits, winning many races and considerable money.Born in Virginia some 10 years prior to the outbreak of the American Civil War, at 6 years of age Carpenter was sold to a slave owner in Madison County, Kentucky.".