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Thompson, George, ?-1893 Prison life and reflections; or, a narrative of the arrest, trial, conviction, imprisonment, treatment, observations, reflections, and deliverance of Work, Burr, and Thompson...

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06169 Author/Creator: Thompson, George, ?-1893 Place Written: Hartford, Connecticut Type: Book Date: 1849 Pagination: 1 v. : 377 p. : Height: 19.5 cm, Width: 12.2 cm Order a Copy

(title continued)... who suffered an unjust and cruel imprisonment in Missouri Penitentiary for attempting to aid some slaves to liberty. Published by A. (possibly Alanson) Work.

Thompson, George, -1893
Work, Alanson, fl. 1849
Burr, James E., fl. 1849

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