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He got caught in a bear trap set for the slaves. He screamed but not as loud as the slave catchers could hear the screaming. Since the trap was halfway through his leg he got a knife and cut off his own leg and replaced it with a peg leg.

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Peg Leg Joe supposedly lost his leg during a shipwreck, and had to have it amputated. He then used a wooden peg leg as a prosthetic.

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