University Archives

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851)

The writer briefly tells his readers about an African American man who was arrested for theft and subsequently accused of being a fugitive slave. He pleaded guilty to the crime and thus chose prison over the possibility of slavery.

Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column

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

Keywords: crime; fugitive; law; prison

Publication type: editorials; Newspapers

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