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Sylvester Magee
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Sylvester Magee (allegedly born May 29, 1841 – died October 15, 1971) was an American man who received much publicity as the last living former American slave. He was accepted for treatment by the Mississippi Veterans Hospital as a veteran of the American Civil War.
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