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Happy to be free, Desmond Prashad, a 29-year-old immigrant from Guyana, gestures with joy as he leaves the Toronto Jail where he spent nearly seven we(...)
Happy to be free, Desmond Prashad, a 29-year-old immigrant from Guyana, gestures with joy as he leaves the Toronto Jail where he spent nearly seven we(...)

Happy to be free, Desmond Prashad, a 29-year-old immigrant from Guyana, gestures with joy as he leaves the Toronto Jail where he spent nearly seven we(...)

Date4/25/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: Happy to be free; Desmond Prashad; a 29-year-old immigrant from Guyana; gestures with joy as he leaves the Toronto Jail where he spent nearly seven weeks under a federal government deportation order. He's been granted an extension of time to appeal the order; imposed after the woman he married in Toronto last November withdrew her sponsorship of him following a quarrel.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0023823F
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