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.
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/90871 |