Fugitive slave case stirs Boston crowd and arrests
An immense crowd gathers at the sheriff's office as bail is posted for Ellen Craft and others. Federal and local figures including John H Pearson and Knight figure in a tense scene amid accusations of kidnapping and abolitionist conspiracy.
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Lance Committee
Ellen Crate
Sheaff
Leo
Wetson Freeman
John H. Pearson
Eakh
Niagars
New Rheans
John JL. Pearsoe
Pearson
Knight
Alma
Barclay
Haynau
Hes
Hughes
Hewes Waar
Mader Aurest
Vagiance Committee
Bush
Bswe
Willem Crans
Noofiya
Tone Hughes
Willan Crafie
Lassachusetts
Alin
Desnatieiede
Boston
Bill
Ellen
Shewers
Fay
Savannah
Levi Woodbury
Lunt
Benj F T Hatlett
U 5
Thayer
Seth J Thomas
Thomas
Sprague
Curtis
Sand
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Union and Georgia seek middle ground amid fugitive law clash
The piece surveys Northern and Southern reactions to the Fugitive Slave Law and the Compromise. It predicts Georgia will reject submission or secession, favoring a middle path to redress past wrongs while preserving the Union. It notes debates in Boston and Atlanta press, and references Col King at Cahaba defending resistance if the law is weakened.
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Boston
Perechet
Georgia
Crafis
Republic
Union
England
Washington
Parewell
Clay
Foote
Good Boys
Fed
North
Mazon
Dixon
King
Cawana
Col King
Cahaba
Piyinger
Virginia
Carolina
Alabama
Florida
Mississippi
Congress
Delta
Montgomery
Nashville
Europe
The
Cleveland Tribune
God
Man
Southern Rights Rally and Fugitive Slave Law Debate
The period piece details Georgia and Southern Rights meetings with speeches by Alfred Iverson and others, urging secessionist action and denouncing the Fugitive Slave Law. It covers mob incidents in Boston involving Hughes, Parker, and others, and reports on widespread anti law sentiment across Northern cities with public meetings and editorials.
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Wm W Williams
Alfred Iverson
Georgia
R J Moses
Fire destroys Broad street dry goods store and nearby properties
A Tuesday evening blaze at Lightfield and Nordhans on Broad Street spread rapidly west to Washington and east to a smithy before a shift in wind redirected danger. Citizens, planters like William L. Hampton, and their workers helped battle the flames until two distant warehouses burned less severely. Loss estimated around 30,000 dollars.
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Broad Street
Lightfield & Nordhans
Washington & Broad Streets
Washington Street
Sims, Cheever and Co
A. G. G. Osgood
Washington
William L. Hampton
Albany Patriot
Debate on Fugitive Slave Act and Southern Repeal Demand
A Savannah News summary notes the North rejects enforcing the fugitive slave act and urges repeal. Thaddeus Stevens plans a repeal push at the new session, with Southerners pushing to ensure enforcement or embrace disunion. Ion, Washington insider, previously backed compromise and now argues the South gained nothing.
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Whig-Friends
Maine
Minnesota
Thaddeus Stevens
Ion
Washington City
South
Northern resistance theme in abolition era remarks
A 19th century discussion argues the Fugitive Slave Law is nullified by Northern opinion and action. It cites rallies in Brooklyn and Williamsburg praising James Haalet repurchased from bondage and condemning the conspiracy against human liberty. The piece links the law to increased anti slavery sentiment in the North.
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Boston Daily Mail
Ilsves
Belknap Street
United States
J B Smith
Jonge Scnifé
Julius Caesar
Augusta Republic
New York Tribune
Brooklyn
Williamsburg
James Haalet
Baltimore
Hamlet
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Whridvey
Porter
Sani Mank
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Old Burke United
John ‘Shite Head
FB m and Palmer
Wm Hughes
John C Poythress
Southern Rights Party
Constitutionalist
Jupez Berrien
Union State Rights Party
Judge Berrien
Senate
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New York Trin
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New-York
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Lancaster City
George W Hameerly
Stevens
Abolition Federal
Fillmore
Macon
Augusta
Robert Collins
Mason and Dixon
Mercury
Charleston Courier
U States
Cuatham
Geor Ten
Berrien
Robert H Fein
Abe Limes
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the Times
Charleston
Niagara
Upland
Mobile
Orleans
Willis H Hughes
Post and Journal
Bond
N. York
Theodore Parker
New York
Ater
Cam- Ini'ge
Francia Jackron
Charles Sumner
List
Hanxon
de Channing
Charles Bowdige
Hamilton Willis
Shomax
Patrick Riley
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Freeman
United States Hotel
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Beaton
George Thompson
Willis H Lughes
Pittsburgh
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Syracuse
Albany
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Free States
Detriot Tribune
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United States Marshal
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Norice
Springfield Republican
Plymouth Rock
Bunker's Hill
New Hampshire
Green Mountains
Vermont
St. Lawrence
Pacific
Ohio
Obio Gazette
Father Wesley
Toledo (Ohio) Republic
Spirit
Democratic Press
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Pennsylvania
Friends of Freedom
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Massachusetts
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