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Marker Explains Failed Slave Revolt Failed

The Georgia Historical Society Monday installed a new Civil War marker in the southwest Georgia town of Quitman.

The plaque commemorates a failed slave revolt in the town near the Florida border.

Three slaves and their white ringleader named John Vickery were hanged in Brooks County in August 1864....
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