File:Beeville couple arraigned on charge of holding Negro in slavery on farm (1942) The Brownsville Herald.jpg

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English: A newspaper article about the freeing of Alfred Irving (42) being freed from slavery in Beeville reported on in the "The Brownsville Herald" published in Brownsville, Texas, USA, on 02 October 1942. The case is notable as it's considered to be the final case of chattel slavery in the United States of America with Alfred Irving's freeing in October 1942 being considered to be "the final end of the practice" in that country.
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A newspaper article about the freeing of Alfred Irving (42) being freed from slavery in Beeville reported on in the "The Brownsville Herald" published in Brownsville, Texas, USA, on 02 October 1942.

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