Story on Ryder Hilliard, forced to work in a coal mine after being convicted for arson at age nine

The Afro-American Sentinel (Omaha, NE)

December 4, 1897

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Cover story on Ryder Hilliard, who was sent to the coal mines of Dade County by the State of Georgia after being convicted of arson at the age of nine. He was pardoned by the governor in 1897 and brought back to his hometown of Atlanta by "those who remember him."

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News Stories

Date
December 4, 1897
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Atlanta, GA

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Dade County, GA

Atlanta, GA

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Alexandra Shehigian

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"Story on Ryder Hilliard, forced to work in a coal mine after being convicted for arson at age nine," The Afro-American Sentinel (Omaha, NE), December 4, 1897, Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery, accessed October 21, 2026, https://informationwanted.org/items/show/5046

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