Born in Slavery
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Title
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Born in Slavery
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Publisher
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Journal Pub. Co.
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Place
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Hamilton County, OH
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Date
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22 Apr 1937
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Language
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English
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Temporal coverage
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1937
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Description
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An article describing a lawsuit brought forth by George Towsey: "The filing of a partition suit recently in common pleas court by George Towsey, 1269 Lane street, Hamilton, revealed that the plaintiff had been born in slavery and that Thomas Wilson, father of the late President Woodrow Wilson, had at one time held a chattel mortgage on him. In addition, Towsey cited the fact that the two defendants in the suit, his nephew, Alfred Parker, and niece, Amanda Bedenbaugh, Oxford, also were descendants of slaves. According to the suit, his father, John Towsey, married Louise Jefferson in Kentucky while both were slaves. From that union, came the plaintiff and Judy Towsey, another of the defendants."
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Born in Slavery