Ben Montgomery
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 17 Jul
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And then they'd all gotten into their beds and they were kind of crowded together.
They slept, you know, several kids to each bed.
And after a period of time, many of them had fallen asleep.
Somewhere around midnight, the dogs started barking outside and this kind of woke them all up.
And, you know, this is an event that was recalled in court, in depositions, many times by many different people.
And so we have lots of different versions of events.
But the clearest timeline is that after George Denning and his family wake up from the dogs barking, they then hear voices outside their home.
It was a big deal.
He had been born into slavery and was among the first generation, certainly in the South, the first generation of emancipated people to own property.
It would have been a huge deal.
It was uncommon.
None of his neighbors who owned farms around him immediately in his vicinity were black like he was.
He called out, who's out there?
And they refused to identify themselves.
We're your friends, they said.
The men outside...
called him by name and said, come outside.
We need to talk to you.
They demanded he step onto the porch.
He's saying, no, who's out there?
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