CENTENARIAN EX-SLAVE
CAPilrowN, Feb. la
An aged colored man, who states th«t he was sold as a slave W years ago in Capetown Maritet-pboa, bus jnst siicec'ssfnlly claimed an old-age pension. He is decrepit, white-hnirod, and boarded, mid if his story is true he milst be over 100 years o\l. He did not know anything about pensions until t omit IVmarillac, wotieing him pacing the house, palled him in and, aftvr questioning him. advised him to make a claim.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16914, 1 April 1929, Page 11
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79CENTENARIAN EX-SLAVE Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16914, 1 April 1929, Page 11
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