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Of course you're correct! I edited my comment to note that Barracoon is believed to be the last enslaved person brought to the US from Africa. Wikipedia counts
by runako 8y ago
Of course you're correct! I edited my comment to note that Barracoon is believed to be the last enslaved person brought to the US from Africa.
Wikipedia counts Sylvester Magee as the last living slave:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvester_Magee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvester_Magee
He died in 1971, as you intuited.
- extralego 8y agoBut not before reaching an estimated ripe old age of 130! Wow! “Sylvester Magee (May 29, 1841? – October 15, 1971)”