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Letter from Annie Taylor to W. E. B. Du Bois

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Taylor, Annie

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Seeks help to secure release of son, Will Davis, working for a white planter under harsh circumstances: "he is being kept as a slave." Pastor suggested she consult the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), an organization she had never heard of. Top of first page indicates this letter is a copy; names are crossed out in pencil, and at the top is written "Scottsboro Case."
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Keywords

  1. Plantation Life
  2. Plantation Workers

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