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1882 Alabama Convict Report
[.pdf 4.23mb]
1890 County Convict Report
[.pdf 3.32mb]
Afro American Ledger
[.pdf 1.56mb]
Alabama Ends Convict Leasing 1
[.pdf 2.84mb]
Alabama Ends Convict Leasing 2
[.pdf 3.05mb
Carrie Kinsey Letter
[.pdf 1.74mb]
Florida Ends Convict Leasing
[.pdf 1.98mb]
Girl Held in Servitude
[.pdf .64mb]
Jerry Shannon Letter to the President
[.pdf 2.01mb]
John W. Pace Pardon Warrant
[.pdf .10mb]
Lash Helped Talbert Work_Better
[.pdf 2.62mb]
Letter to the President 1
[.pdf .41mb]
Letter to the President 2
[.pdf 1.19mb]
Letter to the President 3
[.pdf .95mb]
Negro Still a Slave
[.pdf .93mb]
Negroes Held in Servitude
[.pdf .86mb]
Peonage in Alabama
[.pdf 2.36mb]
Race Riot Danger Present in North
[.pdf 1.52mb]
Texas Farmer Slavery Case
[.pdf 1.76mb]
The Sentencing of John Williams
[.pdf 1.98mb]
Viola Cosley
[.pdf 2.91mb]
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