Fugitive Slaves (1619-1865)McDougall, Marion Gleason
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Fugitive Slaves (1619-1865)
McDougall, Marion Gleason
Fugitive slaves -- United States; Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States
=1864, Apr. 19.= [See No. 80.] Sherman's amendment: _Senate Journal, 38
Cong 1 Sess., 348; Cong. Globe, 1710, 1714._----=Apr. 19.= Henderson's
amendment to Sherman's amendment: _Cong. Globe, 38 Cong. 1 Sess.,
1710._----=Apr. 19.= Saulsbury's amendment: _Senate Journal, 38 Cong. 1
Sess., 348, 621; Cong. Globe, 1715, 3191._----=Apr. 19.= Hale's
amendment to Saulsbury's amendment: _Senate Journal, 38 Cong 1 Sess.,
358; Cong. Globe, 1782._----=Apr. 21.= Howard's amendment: _Senate
Journal, 38 Cong. 1 Sess., 358; Cong. Globe, 1782._ [See No. 81.]
=**83. Act repealing the Fugitive Slave Acts. [§§ 101-104.]=
=1864, June 6.= [See No. 82.] Hubbard's repeal resolution: _House
Journal, 38 Cong. 1 Sess., 749._----=June 6.= House substitute for
repeal bill, reported by the Committee on Judiciary: _House Journal, 38
Cong. 1 Sess., 755; Cong. Globe, 2774._----=June 13.= Passed House (yeas
82, nays 57): _House Journal, 38 Cong. 1 Sess., 503; Cong. Globe,
2920._----=June 15.= Referred in the Senate: _Senate Journal, 38 Cong. 1
Sess., 561; Cong. Globe, 2963._----=June 23.= Saulsbury's amendment:
_Senate Journal, 38 Cong. 1 Sess., 621; Cong. Globe, 1864._----=June
23.= Johnson's amendment: _Senate Journal, 38 Cong. 1 Sess., 621; Cong.
Globe, 3191._----=June 23.= Passed the Senate: _Senate Journal, 38 Cong.
1 Sess., 621; Cong Globe, 3191._----=June 28.= Signed by the President:
_House Journal, 38 Cong. 1 Sess., 931; Cong Globe, 3360._
APPENDIX D.
_LIST OF IMPORTANT FUGITIVE SLAVE CASES._
No attempt has been made to present a full list of cases, but only such
as had especial influence on the public mind, or such as illustrate some
special phase of the question.
=1. New Netherlands and Hartford controversy. [§ 11.]=
=1646.= Escapes from both colonies: _Winthrop, History of New England,
383; Moore, Notes on History of Slavery in Massachusetts, 28; Doyle,
English in America, I. 391._
=2. Escape to Manhattan. [§ 7.]=
=1659.= Four men escaped from New Amsterdam: _New York Colonial
Manuscripts, XIII. 238; Documentary History of N. Y. Colony, II. 556 (Ch.
I. p. 4)._
=3. Escape of white servants to Cape May. [§ 9.]=
=1661.= Virginian white colonists escape: _New York Colonial Manuscripts,
XIII. 346._
=4. Escape to the Indians. [§ 8.]=
The negro servants of the Governor of Virginia: _New York Colonial
Manuscripts, II. 637._
=5. Escape from English to French. [§ 11.]=
=1748.= Negro servant escapes from English to Canada: _New York Colonial
Manuscripts, X. 209._
=6. Crispus Attucks. [§ 5.]=
=1750, Oct.= Escaped from Framingham, Mass.: _Boston Gazette, Oct. 2,
1750; Liberator, Mar. 16, 1860; Nineteenth Anniversary of Boston
Massacre, W. C. Neil, Address; Williams, History of the Negro Race in
America, I. 330._
=7. Glasgow. [§ 12.]=
Slave freed in Glasgow: _Mass. Historical Society Collections, Third
Series, IX. 2._
=8. Shanley v. Haney. [§ 12.]=
=1762.= Slave freed in England: _Quincy, Reports of Cases, 96._
=9. Somersett case. [§ 12.]=
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