Friday, July 16, 2021

Peonage Cases in Pending in Mississippi 1907

 Clarksdale: Complaint that a negro  named McGhee is held in bondage.

 Minter City: Anonymous letter relating to William Wall.

 Sharkey County: Mary Sue Hyche states that her children are her in peonage.

 Leflore County: Complaint that negroes have been enticed from  Texas and held on a Tallahatchie    

 plantation.

 Itta Bena: Complaints of peonage by Mrs. V. Carman.

 Marathon: Complaints of Italians held in peonage by Dr. Brooks and Goldfarth.

 Greenwood: Complaints of peonage made by B.T. Jordan


Source: Jackson Daily News: Money, Dec 16, 1907 Pg 8

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