During the height of the Great Depression, Paul Peacher, a sheriff and farmer from Earle, Arkansas was convicted of enslaving eight African American men to work on his land.[1] For this crime, Peacher lost his title as Sheriff, and was sentenced to two years probation. He also had to pay a $3,500 fine, which was partially paid by the townspeople in Earle.[1]
- ^ a b Thompson, Robert F. (1993). "The Strange Case of Paul D. Peacher, Twentieth-Century Slaveholder". The Arkansas Historical Quarterly. 52 (4): 436. doi:10.2307/40038217. ISSN 0004-1823. JSTOR 40038217.