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A Negro Man Passes for Years for a Woman

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An article detailing the arrest and sentence of a case similar to that of Frances Thompson.

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Identifier: kp78gg712
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
Date Issued: Feb. 21, 1878
Genre: Clippings
Subject(s): Frances Thompson
Places: Tennessee > Shelby County > Memphis
Topic(s): Arrests of LGBTQ+ people
BIPOC
Black transgender people
Outing (LGBTQ+ culture)
Passing (Gender)
Trans women
Transfemininity
Transgender survivors of rape
Resource Type: Text
Language: English
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A Negro Man Passes for Years for a Woman

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