Robert Elliott Burns (May 10, 1892 – June 5, 1955) was a World War I veteran who gained notoriety after escaping from a Georgia chain gang and writing his memoirs, I Am a Fugitive from a Georgia Chain Gang!, exposing the cruelty and injustice of the chain gang system.
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10 May 1892 Palisades, New Jersey
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Died |
5 June 1955 (aged 63)
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Zodiac | Taurus |
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