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Kldnnppil by Negro Agent nnlt;] Soldlo Inland I’lnnter.Decatur. Ala., Dec. 10.—Ben Milam, colored, is under arrest charged with kidnaping negroes and selling them as slaves to the white manager of a Tennessee river island plantation somemiles below Decatur.It is alleged that Milam would induce negroes to accompany him to the island with the promise of securing positions for them on the plantation at good wages, and that when they reached there he would sell them in bondage, where they were confined within stockades.It is said that a young negro who recently escaped from the island told the story and caused the arrest of Ben Milam. He reports that a kidnaped negro has been confined on this island as a slave for seven years.ELECTION OF CITY OFFICERS.
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Savannah Morning News

Savannah, Georgia, US

Wed, Dec 11, 1901

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