Biography
John Vanover was a worker whom a June 19, 1929 Macon dispatch identified as a victim of peonage on W. L. Arnold’s plantation. The report describes forced confinement since December 1928 and a federal prosecution of Arnold for holding and whipping workers. Vanover had complained to U.S. Attorney A. F. Smith about a severe whipping and a threat of death if he disclosed it; scars remained visible. The precise location of the plantation, physical release and complete period of confinement are not supplied. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1929/1929-ny/v06-n089-NY-jun-20-1929-DW-LOC.pdf#page=2
