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Description	Robert Elliott Burns (May 10, 1892 – June 5, 1955) was an American World War I veteran known for escaping from a Georgia chain gang and publishing a memoir, I Am a Fugitive from a Georgia Chain Gang!, exposing the cruelty and injustice of the chain gang system.
Author or copyright owner	New York Daily News
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	Original publication: unknown Immediate source: https://www.nydailynews.com/2015/07/25/veteran-robert-e-burns-life-in-and-out-of-chain-gangs-inspired-true-crime-classic-southern-prison-reform/
Date of publication	before 1955
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	Robert Elliott Burns
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	for visual identification of the person in question, at the top of their biographical article
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	searching does not find a free alternative
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	for visual ID of the person in question, on the page about this person
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	lower resolution non-color image, which can already be found online
Other information	The subject of the photograph has been deceased since: 1955
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