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Article: Man was slave in 1960s, lawyers assert in reparations suit.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
- Article date:
- June 10, 2003
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Byline: Matt O'Connor
CHICAGO _ Lawyers seeking reparations for African-American descendants of slaves say they have located a 104-year-old man in rural Louisiana who says that he and his children were enslaved throughout much of the 20th Century and even during the civil rights movement of the 1960s.
The lawyers say the discovery could give their lawsuit critical, firsthand evidence of slavery in America, but a federal judge in Chicago rebuffed their request on Monday for immediate approval to take a deposition from the man to ensure his account doesn't die with him.
With the lawyers refusing to identify the man and providing sketchy details ...