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Massachusetts Congress House No. 41 [slave case], February 1843
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Massachusetts Congress House No. 41 [slave case], February 1843.
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[Place of production not identified : producer not identified, 1843]
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Collection: The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859.
Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, Wiltshire : AM, 2014. Digitized from a copy held by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
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Summary
Account of slave case of George Lattimer. First and only edition. Original wrappers. Lattimer, a free black Boston resident, had been arrested on application of James Gray of Norfolk, Va., as his escaped slave. Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story, acting as Circuit Judge, had Lattimer detained. Many Bostonians were outraged, and a meeting at Faneuil Hall voted that disunion was preferable to returning slaves. With the threat of massive civil disobedience, Gray sold Lattimer to a group of Bostonians for [dollar sign] 400. A result of this incident (included in this pamphlet) was the passage of An Act to Protect Personal Freedom. Unrecorded. Finkelman, Slavery in the Courthouse 64-68.
Variant and related titles
American history, 1493-1945. Module I.
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Books / Online
Language
English
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March 18, 2024
Series
American history module 1
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Pamphlets
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AM (Publisher), digitiser.
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, owner.
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