Title: Voice of the Fugitive - January 15, 1851
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The writer reviews the case of a man captured as a fugitive slave in New York. Before the trial was over, the Marshal took it upon himself to defy the court and take the man to the slave owner who claimed the man as his run-away slave.
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: court; crime; fugitive; law; New York; Pacific Hotel; slave catcher; slave hunter; Supreme Court; trial
People: Hall, Commissioner; Jay, Mr.; Judson, Commissioner; Long, Henry; Parker, Mr.; Smith, Dr.; White, Mr.
Publication type: editorials; Newspapers