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In the movie Django Unchained a character called Dr King Schultz is portrayed as a Liberal minded German Bounty Hunter who is appalled at American Slavery but while also carrying around an almost Prussian like identity. Is he based on any historical precedent/would a person like him exist in 1858?

by /u/Ciscoblue113 in /r/AskHistorians

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