Sylvester Magee, a formerly enslaved person, setting a pot in the fireplace of his home in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

Sylvester Magee, a formerly enslaved person, setting a pot in the fireplace of his home in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

According to a note accompanying this image, Magee was 124 years old, though it is unlikely that official birth records existed for him.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hamilton
Format:	Electronic
Published:	Alabama Department of Archives and History
Subjects:	Photographs
Online Access:	http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/90871

format	Electronic
collection	Alabama Media Group Collection
building	Alabama Department of Archives and History
publisher	Alabama Department of Archives and History
topic	Photographs
spellingShingle	Photographs Sylvester Magee, a formerly enslaved person, setting a pot in the fireplace of his home in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Hamilton
fulltopic	Photographs Magee, Sylvester; African Americans--Domestic life; Freed persons; Hattiesburg (Miss.)
description	According to a note accompanying this image, Magee was 124 years old, though it is unlikely that official birth records existed for him.
spelling	BN0010994_02BN0010994Sylvester Magee, a formerly enslaved person, setting a pot in the fireplace of his home in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.According to a note accompanying this image, Magee was 124 years old, though it is unlikely that official birth records existed for him.19651960-1969HamiltonBirmingham News65-05457Magee, Sylvester; African Americans--Domestic life; Freed persons; Hattiesburg (Miss.)Still imageNegatives (Photographs); Black-and-white negatives2000 PPI TIFFAlabama Media GroupAlabama Media Group CollectionAlabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, AlabamaEnglishCopyright, Alabama Department of Archives and History. Donated by the Alabama Media Group, http://www.alabamamediagroup.comhttp://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/90871
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