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I am a Fugitive from a Georgia Chain Gang!

Robert E Burns

This classic book tells the harrowing and inspirational story of Robert Elliott Burns' imprisonment on a chain gang in Georgia in the 1920s, his subsequent escape from the chain gang (twice, no less!), and the public furor that developed across the nation. The book was immediately turned into a famo...

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This book, published in 1932 by a white northern convict, helped publicize the horrors of chain gangs, which led to a movie adaptation.

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In 1932, there was a white northern veteran who was a convict, obviously, named Robert Burns. He published a book called I Am a Fugitive from a Georgia Chain Gang! Exclamation point.

— Episode: The Brutal History of Prison Labor

Episode: The Brutal History of Prison Labor

This book, published in 1932 by a white northern convict, helped publicize the horrors of chain gangs, which led to a movie adaptation.

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In 1932, there was a white northern veteran who was a convict, obviously, named Robert Burns. He published a book called I Am a Fugitive from a Georgia Chain Gang! Exclamation point.

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