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Greathouse

Released
Era:1930s
State:Alabama
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Biography

Greathouse, whose given name is not supplied, was one of four sharecroppers reported released from Dadeville jail, Tallapoosa County, in a Birmingham dispatch dated December 29, 1932. The report associates the detention with repression of Alabama sharecroppers and the defense campaign after the deaths of Cliff James and Milo Bentley. The source does not establish unreported custody endpoints or total time actually served.

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Daily Worker, original PDF page 1

Greathouse, whose given name is not supplied, was one of four sharecroppers reported released from Dadeville jail, Tallapoosa County, in a Birmingham dispatch dated December 29, 1932. The report associates the detention with repression of Alabama sharecroppers and the defense campaign after the deaths of Cliff James and Milo Bentley. The source does not establish unreported custody endpoints or total time actually served.

Case

Sentence: Released from Dadeville jail by the December 29, 1932 report; exact release day unknown.