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Sylvester Magee, a formerly enslaved person, leaving his home in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

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@ Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama

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Railroad tracks appear to run at the edge of his front yard. According to a note accompanying this image, Magee was 124 years old, though it is unlikely that official birth records existed for him.
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Created Date:
1965
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Copyright, Alabama Department of Archives and History. Donated by the Alabama Media Group, http://www.alabamamediagroup.com
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Alabama Media Group Collection

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Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama

Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Domestic Life
  3. Freedmen
  4. Hattiesburg (Miss.)
  5. Magee, Sylvester

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