Sylvester Magee, a formerly enslaved person, leaving his home in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
Railroad tracks appear to run at the edge of his front yard. 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 Media Group Collection |
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Alabama Department of Archives and History |
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Alabama Department of Archives and History |
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Photographs |
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Photographs Sylvester Magee, a formerly enslaved person, leaving his home in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Hamilton |
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Photographs Magee, Sylvester; African Americans--Domestic life; Freed persons; Hattiesburg (Miss.) |
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Railroad tracks appear to run at the edge of his front yard. 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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BN0010994_04BN0010994Sylvester Magee, a formerly enslaved person, leaving his home in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.Railroad tracks appear to run at the edge of his front yard. 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/90980 |
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Sylvester Magee, a formerly enslaved person, leaving his home in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. |
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Sylvester Magee, a formerly enslaved person, leaving his home in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. |
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Hamilton |
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