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Larkinsville, Ala. Apl 1867

Latham, Ephraim


Details the circumstances of the murder of a Freedman 18 yrs old named James Sloan by a Mr. William Young. States that the Justice of the Peace in the village refused to take cognizance of the case. That after the boy died he gathered a squad of men and pursued Young without success- the reels all sympathizing with the murderer.

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