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Narrative about Jack Turner, freedman of Choctaw County, during Reconstruction.

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@ Alabama Dept. of Archives and History, 624 Washington Ave., Montgomery, AL 36130

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Jack Turner was allegedly the leader of a plot to massacre the white residents of Choctaw County in 1882. He was apprehended and lynched before the plot unfolded. Folder contains 5 pages of narrative compiled for the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the late 1930s. rY!- -~~£~r(~) ___WPA Alabama Writers Project EX SLAVES TALES/Negro Lore - Choctaw county #6 • • •
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Text
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96 Dpi Tiff
Created Date:
1937 Circa
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Alabama Writers' Project Collection

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Alabama Dept. of Archives and History, 624 Washington Ave., Montgomery, AL 36130