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Phillip Mickens: "Local Man was Free Six Months Before He Knew It"

Newspaper article

August 14, 1929

Local Man was Free Six Months Before He Knew It

Phillip Mickens shares his recollections of slavery and freedom.

August 14, 1929

Evening Independent

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Phillip Mickens: "Local Man was Free Six Months Before He Knew It"

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