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Show STORY OF SLAVER! COMES FROM IRE SUNNY SOUTH White Men as Well as Negroes Said to be Held In Bondage by Capitalists Capital-ists Operating In Florida. Washington. Fresh allegations of tho existence of slavery In southern Florida, below Tampa, havo been mado to tho department of Justice, and it is alleged that hundreds of men In tho state, both whlfo and negroes, are hehl In virtual slavery. It Is declared that those responsible for this condiUon of affairs are mostly northern men nnd companies engaged in turpentine and lumber business and In mining phosphate rock. It Is further alleged that tho sheriffs in various counties in tho southern part of tho stato aro said to bo parties to the enslaving of negroes. Tho department's depart-ment's Informant, who Is a woman, la to have an Interview with Attorney General Moody, aftor which tho department de-partment will decide upon tho course it will pursue. |