Complex sentence: Bayley 1825, p.1 Even though his birth date and the date of his death were never recorded, he became well known to the African American generations that followed regarding his writings about what it was like to live as a slave and later become a free man.
Split into simpler sentences: Bayley 1825, p.1 His date of birth and the date of his death were never recorded. Bayley became best known to the African American generations that followed regarding his writings about what it was like to live as a slave and later become a free man.