Two White Men Guilty

Two white men of Georgia who pleaded guilty to 13 indictments, including the holding of slaves, “are charged $1,000 on two of the indictments and all others were dismissed”.

“Edward W. Frank and Will McFee, both white of Valdosta, Georgia, pleaded guilty to thirteen indictments for peonage or holding colored people in slavery and were sentenced in the United States Court at Savannah to pay a fine of $1,000. On two of the indictments and the others were dismissed. The fines were paid and they can now go back to their counties and “do so some more.”

“Two White Men Guilty,” Black Virginia: The Richmond Planet, 1894-1909, accessed October 9, 2026, https://blackvirginia.richmond.edu/items/show/1448.