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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - February 26, 1851

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)

The writer comments on a proclamation issued by President Millard Fillmore in response to a recent incident involving an assault on a government official in Boston.

Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page

Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery; United States--History--19th century

Keywords: Boston; cime; fugitive; government; law; lawless; mob; politics

People: Fillmore, Millard

Publication type: editorials; Newspapers

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