Episode 65

Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign & The Free State of Jones

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Kelly, James R. “Newton Knight and the Legend of the Free State of Jones.” Mississippi History Now. April 2009. Accessed at: http://mshistorynow.mdah.ms.gov/articles/309/newton-knight-and-the-legend-of-the-free-state-of-jones.

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