Letter from Gudmundur Grimson in Chicago, Illinois, to William E. Fort in Birmingham, Alabama.
In the letter Grimson discusses efforts to abolish the convict leasing system in Alabama. He suggests that the state use the Florida campaign as a template to follow, noting the criticism Alabama would receive "if anything should happen while they permitted this leasing system to exist." A...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/2597 |
| Summary: | In the letter Grimson discusses efforts to abolish the convict leasing system in Alabama. He suggests that the state use the Florida campaign as a template to follow, noting the criticism Alabama would receive "if anything should happen while they permitted this leasing system to exist." At the time the letter was written, Grimson was serving as state attorney for Cavalier County, North Dakota; in 1922 he had investigated the death of Martin Tabert, a North Dakota Citizen who was by killed by flogging in a Florida forced-labor camp. |
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