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1844 Georgia manhunt ends in murder confession
The tale recounts Tony Williams slave escape in Talbot County Georgia pursued by white slave drivers. He avoids capture for a day and a night using water routes and red pepper in his shoes, reaches Flint River near Peddy's Tavern, where Thurmond is murdered and Murdock then pursued for the crime.
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Thurmond
Wilson O'Daniel
O’daniel
Mrs. Peddy
Knowlton’s Mills
Murdock
Peddy
Higdon Corley
Talitha
Loy
Georgia
Darien
Tony” Williams
Tony
Patterole
Liberty
Flint River
Talbot County
Wilson O’daniel
Knowston’s Mills
Knowlton's Mills
Knowlton
Neighbor McGuire
McGuire
Corley’s
McGuires
Penelope Peddy
Knowilton’s Mills
Dean
Knowltons