William Flanagan

Released
Date of birth:08. 04. 1871
Date of death:21. 06. 1944
Age:73† Deceased
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:California
Support
Anti-Militarism Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
William Flanagan

Biography

William Flanagan, an IWW member, received a one- to fourteen-year prison sentence, which he served in San Quentin. When guards put Flanagan in the "dungeon" for failing to work hard enough, thirty-six IWW inmates launched a work strike.

Case

San Quentin State Prison
Charges: Federal prosecution under the Espionage Act of 1917 and/or the Sedition Act of 1918.
Institution State: California

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