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  2. Alfred Irving (former slave) - Wikipedia

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    Alfred Irving, (c 1900 [1] – after 1942) was an American man believed to be the last person to be freed from slavery in the United States. [2] Background

  3. Beeville, Texas - Wikipedia

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    A contemporary newspaper article reporting on the Alfred Irving case (October 2, 1942 - The Brownsville Herald) In September 1942, Alfred Irving, who is believed to be one of the final chattel slaves in the United States, was freed at a farm near Beeville. Alex L. Skrobarcek and his daughter, Susie, were indicted by a federal grand jury in ...

  4. List of last survivors of American slavery - Wikipedia

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    Alfred "Teen" Blackburn: April 26, 1842: March 8, 1951: Received a Confederate pension in 1929 for accompanying his owner during the Civil War; resided in North Carolina. [15] John Wesley Washington c. 1843: May 15, 1951 [16] Possibly last surviving former slave living in Washington, D.C. Eliza Moore: 1843: January 21, 1948

  5. List of lynching victims in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Was arrested/held as a witness for one of three defendants accused of rape and murder of a white woman. The three defendants were sentenced to death, but the governor commuted to life one man's sentence. Angry at the lighter sentence, a mob seized Richardson from the jail and hanged him from a train trestle over the Coosa River. [262] [263 ...

  6. List of exonerated death row inmates - Wikipedia

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    In March 2023, the Supreme Court of India freed Niranaram Chetanram Chaudhary after he spent 28 years, six months and 23 days in custody, and was freed from Nagpur jail. At the time of conviction, Chaudhary was 12 years and six months. As per Indian laws, death sentence or any sentence more than three years cannot be awarded to a juvenile. [5]

  7. Sylvester Magee - Wikipedia

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    [3] [4] Alfred P. Andrews, founder of the Jackson Civil War Round Table and its president elect for 1965–66, helped Magee be classified as a Civil War veteran although no service records for him could be found. In March 1966, when Magee was suffering from pneumonia, Andrews helped him obtain treatment from the Mississippi Veterans Hospital.