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Negro Woman Testifies Slavery Existed Here for 30 Years
Dora L. Jones, 57, 90 pounds, testified before a federal grand jury in Los Angeles about being kept in involuntary servitude for three decades by Alfred Ingalls and Mira Ingalls. Jones said she worked for the couple since age 17, receiving pay only for four years, then being denied wages and threatened with jail or an asylum if she tried to leave. The case centers on violations of the 13th Amendment.
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Los Angeles
Dora L. Jones
San Diego
Calif
Alfred Wesley Ingalls
Massachusetts
Mira Elizabeth Ingalls
Meare
Miss Jones
Grand Jury
U. S
Ernest A. Tolin
Walter Harmon
Harmons
Ingalls