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Newspaper story on Elizabeth Williams (Bettie Francis), speaking out after living as if enslaved by a white family, the Crowells, for four years. After learning of her freedom, she seeks to reunite with her uncle, Cub Powells.
The beginning of this article addresses the story of Thomas Hunter, who was held on a plantation in Louisiana operated by Manuel Lafute as if slavery was still in effect.
"Statement of Elizabeth Williams, searching for her uncle Cub Powells," The Plaindealer (Detroit, MI), February 6, 1892, Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery, accessed October 12, 2024, https://informationwanted.org/items/show/5038
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