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An Unseen Ally in a Rioting City Scene
Ann Harcourt defies a mob to save an old enslaved worker from racial violence in a tense night of riot. Onlookers jeer as she and Joseph stumble through a chaotic New York square, aided by a courageous stranger who joins the struggle and guards their escape.
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Forty-second Street
Fifth Avenue
Joseph
New York
Ann
Fanny
University Place
Mr. Cortlandt
Artim
Hendricks Cortlandt
Mr. Cortland
Aislean
Annie Byrne
Annie