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Jesse Crawford

Released
Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:1930s
State:Georgia
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Biography

Jesse Crawford was a young Black worker repeatedly framed onto the Georgia chain gang who escaped and was recaptured in Detroit; a national ILD protest forced the Michigan governor to refuse Georgia's extradition demand in January 1933. He had earlier been held four months in the Fulton Tower at Atlanta.

Case

Charges: Framed onto the Georgia chain gang; fought extradition from Michigan.
Arrested: 1931
Sentence: Held on the Georgia chain gang; freed when Michigan refused extradition.
Convicted: Chain-gang sentence; extradition refused January 1933