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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 the memoir, I Am a Fugitive from a Georgia Chain Gang!, exposing the cruelty and injustice of the chain gang system.
Robert E. Burns. Writer: I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang. The movie I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) was based on Burns' escape from a Georgia chain gang after his conviction for a $5 robbery.
- May 10, 1892
- June 5, 1955
Aug 15, 2011 · In 1921, Robert E. Burns was a shell-shocked and penniless veteran who found himself at the mercy of Georgia's barbaric penal system when he fell in with a...
Oct 1, 1997 · In 1921, Robert E. Burns was shackled to a chain gang for his part in petty robbery. He soon made a daring escape, dodging shotgun blasts, racing through swamps, and eluding...
Oct 6, 2016 · Robert E. Burns, a World War I veteran coerced into taking part in a petty crime in Atlanta, Georgia, was sentenced to hard labor on a chain gang in 1922. Twice escaping and...
Aug 15, 2011 · In 1921, Robert E. Burns was a shell-shocked and penniless veteran who found himself at the mercy of Georgia's barbaric penal system when he fell in with a gang of petty thieves. Sentenced to six to ten years' hard labor for his part in a robbery that netted less than $6.00, Burns was shackled to a county chain gang.
Robert E. Burns. Writer: I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang. The movie I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) was based on Burns' escape from a Georgia chain gang after his conviction for a $5 robbery. Burns was an unemployed Word War One vet from Brooklyn, New York living in a local flophouse when he and a friend decided to rob a grocery store.
