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Trump wouldn’t be the first presidential candidate to campaign from a prison cell

  • Written by: Thomas Doherty, Professor of American Studies, Brandeis University
imageEugene Debs, center, imprisoned at the Atlanta Federal Prison, was notified of his nomination for the presidency on the socialist ticket by a delegation of leading socialists who came from New York to Atlanta.George Rinhart/Corbis via Getty Images

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