Biography
Robert Dean was a local National Miners’ Union leader detained in Harlan, Kentucky, on a criminal-syndicalism charge during the 1931 miners’ struggle. A September 1931 contemporary report describes several days of bleeding in jail before authorities moved him to Harlan hospital, where he remained held on the charge. Exact arrest, prison admission and actual release dates are not established.
Robert Dean was a local National Miners’ Union leader detained in Harlan, Kentucky, on a criminal-syndicalism charge during the 1931 miners’ struggle. A September 1931 contemporary report describes several days of bleeding in jail before authorities moved him to Harlan hospital, where he remained held on the charge. Exact arrest, prison admission and actual release dates are not established.
