The Fugitive Slave Law and Its Victims: Anti-Slavery Tracts No. 18 — John Shaqi
The Fugitive Slave Law and Its Victims: Anti-Slavery Tracts No. 18May, Samuel
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The Fugitive Slave Law and Its Victims: Anti-Slavery Tracts No. 18
May, Samuel
Fugitive slaves -- United States; United States -- Fugitive slave law (1850)
HARVEY, arrested near Cumminsville, Ohio,--escaped,--taken
again in Goshen, about ten miles from Cincinnati, and lodged
in the jail of that city. An investigation of the case was
had before United States Commissioner Pendery, and the
slave remanded to the custody of his master.--_Cincinnati
Commercial_, September 22, 1854.
_Byberry, Pennsylvania, September 18, 1854._ A carriage load
of suspicious looking men came to this place in the
afternoon. They waited until nightfall, when they burst into
the house of a colored family, "seized the man in presence of
his wife and another woman, threatening to shoot them if they
interfered--dragged him out, beating him over the head with a
mace. The poor fellow continued to scream for help until his
voice was stifled by his groans; they forced him into their
carriage and drove off, before any effectual assistance
could be offered." He was a sober and industrious man, and
much respected. His wife was left heartbroken, with one
child.--_Norristown (Pa.) Olive Branch_.
_The Frankfort (Ky.) Yeoman_, of November 18, 1854,
said:--"Kidnapping free negroes in Ohio, and deluding our
slaves from their masters to recapture and sell them, is an
established profession of a gang located upon the borders of
the Ohio River, combining with negro-traders in the interior
of this State." The names of some employed in this business
are given, two of whom, having been arrested and imprisoned,
threatened to burn the city of Frankfort for interrupting
their business.
JANE MOORE, a free colored woman, at Cincinnati, November,
1854, seized in the house of her sister, (Sycamore Street,)
beaten, and with the help of a deputy marshal from Covington,
Kentucky, carried over to Covington, and lodged in jail,
on pretence of her being a fugitive slave. She was taken
before the Mayor of Covington, "who heard the case with
impartiality." Her freedom was established, and she released.
_At Indianapolis, Indiana, December, 1854_, Benjamin B.
Waterhouse was indicted for harboring fugitive slaves,
contrary to the provisions of the Fugitive Law. He was found
guilty, but the jury recommended him "to the favorable
consideration of the Court, and stated that the evidence was
barely sufficient to convict." He was fined fifty dollars and
to be imprisoned one hour, and the government to pay the
costs.---_Chicago Tribune_.
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