Chapter XVI: Appendix: D

_LIST OF IMPORTANT FUGITIVE SLAVE CASES._

No attempt has been made to present a full list of cases, but only such as had especial influence on the public mind, or such as illustrate some special phase of the question.

=1. New Netherlands and Hartford controversy. [Sec. 11.]=

=1646.= Escapes from both colonies: _Winthrop, History of New England, 383; Moore, Notes on History of Slavery in Massachusetts, 28; Doyle, English in America, I. 391._

=2. Escape to Manhattan. [Sec. 7.]=

=1659.= Four men escaped from New Amsterdam: _New York Colonial Manuscripts, XIII. 238; Documentary History of N. Y. Colony, II. 556 (Ch. I. p. 4)._

=3. Escape of white servants to Cape May. [Sec. 9.]=

=1661.= Virginian white colonists escape: _New York Colonial Manuscripts, XIII. 346._

=4. Escape to the Indians. [Sec. 8.]=

The negro servants of the Governor of Virginia: _New York Colonial Manuscripts, II. 637._

=5. Escape from English to French. [Sec. 11.]=

=1748.= Negro servant escapes from English to Canada: _New York Colonial Manuscripts, X. 209._

=6. Crispus Attucks. [Sec. 5.]=

=1750, Oct.= Escaped from Framingham, Mass.: _Boston Gazette, Oct. 2, 1750; Liberator, Mar. 16, 1860; Nineteenth Anniversary of Boston Massacre, W. C. Neil, Address; Williams, History of the Negro Race in America, I. 330._

=7. Glasgow. [Sec. 12.]=

Slave freed in Glasgow: _Mass. Historical Society Collections, Third Series, IX. 2._

=8. Shanley v. Haney. [Sec. 12.]=

=1762.= Slave freed in England: _Quincy, Reports of Cases, 96._

=9. Somersett case. [Sec. 12.]=

=1772.= England will not return a fugitive slave: _Moore, Slavery in Mass., 117; Cobb, Historical Sketch of Slavery, 163; Goodell, Slavery and Antislavery, 44-52; Hurd, Law of Freedom and Bondage, I. 189-193; Broom, Constitutional Law, 6-119; Howells, State Trials, XX. 1; Tasswell-Langmead, English Constitutional History, 300, n._

=10. Ship Friendship, case of. [Sec. 5.]=

=1770.= Harbored a slave: _Moore, Slavery in Mass., 117._

=11. John. [Sec. 17.]=

=1778.= Free negro kidnapped in Pennsylvania: _Am. State Papers, I. 39; Cong. Globe, 31 Cong. 1 Sess., Appendix, 1585._

=12. Quincy's case. [Sec. 34.]=

=1793.= First case in Boston after 1793: _Edw. C. Learned, Speech on The New Fugitive Slave Law, Chicago, Oct. 25, 1850; Whittier, Prose Works, 11, 129, A Chapter of History; Goodell, Slavery and Antislavery, 232; Boston Atlas, Oct. 15, 1850._

=13. Washington's slave. [Sec. 35.]=

=1796, Oct.= President Washington demanded a slave from Portsmouth, N. H.: _Magazine of American History, Dec., 1877, p. 759; Charles Sumner, Works, III. 177._

=14. North Carolina fugitives. [Sec. 19.]=

=1796.= _Annals of Congress, 1796-7, p. 2015, 1801-2, p. 343._

=15. Columbia case.=

=1804.= General Boude defends a runaway: _Smedley, Underground Railroad, 26._

=16. Solomon Northup. [Sec. 38.]=

=1808.= Kidnapping at Saratoga, N. Y.: _Solomon Northrup, Autobiography._

=17. Williams case.=

=1815.= Claimed as a fugitive in Philadelphia: _Greeley, American Conflict, I. 216._

=18. Prigg case. [Sec. 27.]=

=1832.= _16 Peters, 539; Report of Case of Edward Prigg, Supreme Court, Pennsylvania; Cobb, Historical Sketch of Slavery; Bledsoe, Liberty and Slavery, 355; Clarke, Antislavery Days, 69; Hurd, Law of Freedom and Bondage, II. 456-492; Wilson, Rise and Fall of the Slave Power, I. 472-473; Von Holst, Constitutional History, III. 310-312._

=19. Kidnapping of Jones. [Sec. 37.]=

=1836.= Kidnapping in New Jersey: _Liberator, Aug. 6, 1836._

=20. Chickasaw rescue. [Sec. 42.]=

=1836.= Rescue of two colored women on brig Chickasaw: _Liberator, Aug. 6, 1836._

=21. Schooner Boston case. [Sec. 47.]=

=1837.= Georgia and Maine controversy: _Wilson, Rise and Fall of the Slave Power, I. 473; Niles's Register, LIII. 71, 72, LV. 356; Senate Journal, 1839-40, pp. 235-237; Senate Doc., 26 Cong. 1 Sess., Vol. V. Doc. 273._

=22. Philadelphia. [Sec. 43.]=

=1838.= Attempted rescue: _Liberator, March 16, 1838._

=23. Escape of Douglass. [Sec.Sec. 68, 75.]=

=1838.= Escape of Frederick Douglass: _Life and Times of Douglass; Williams, Negro Race in America, II. 59, 422; Wilson, Rise and Fall of the Slave Power, I. 501, 502._

=24. Isaac Gansey case. [Sec. 47.]=

=1839.= Virginia and New York controversy: _U. S. Gazette, Case of Isaac, Judge Hopkinson's speech; Wilson, Rise and Fall of the Slave Power, I. 474; Seward, Works, II. 449-518; Von Holst, Constitutional History, II. 538-540; Senate Documents, 27 Cong. 2 Sess., Vol. II. Doc. 96._

=25. Van Zandt case. [Sec. 50.]=

=1840.= Prosecution for aiding escape: _Wilson, Rise and Fall of the Slave Power, I. 475; T. R. Cobb, Historical Sketch of Slavery, 207._

=26. Oberlin case. [Sec. 50.]=

=1841 (about).= _Liberator, May 21, 1841._

=27. Thompson case.=

=1841, July.= Prosecution for aiding escapes: _Thompson, Prison Life and Reflections; Wilson, Rise and Fall of the Slave Power, II. 69; Goodell, Slavery and Antislavery, 440._

=28. Latimer case. [Sec. 44.]=

=1842.= Famous fugitive slave case, Boston: _Liberator, Oct. 25, Nov. 11, Nov. 25, 1842, Feb. 3, 7, 17, 1843, and Aug. 16, 1844; Law Reporter, Latimer case; Eleventh Annual Report of Mass. Antislavery Society; Mass. House Journal, 1843, pp. 72, 158; Mass. Senate Journal, 1843, p. 232; Wilson, Rise and Fall of the Slave Power, I. 477._

=29. Goin case.=

=1844.= Attempted seizure of fugitive: _Liberator, April 19, 1844._

=30. Thomas case.=

=1844.= Seizure in Marietta, Penn.: _Liberator, June 14, 1844._

=31. Walker case. [Sec. 50.]=

=1844.= Prosecution for aiding escapes: _Trial and Imprisonment of Jonathan Walker, Liberator, Aug. 16, 31, Sept. 6, 13, Oct. 18, 25, and Dec. 27, 1844, Aug. 8, 15, and July 18, 1845._

=32. Smithburg.=

=1845.= Battle between whites and ten runaways: _Liberator, June 27, 1845._

=33. Kirk case.=

=Between 1845 and 1849.= Unsuccessful attempt to capture George Kirk in New York: _Wilson, Rise and Fall of the Slave Power, II. 52; Supplement to New York Legal Observer, containing report of case, Boston Public Library._

=34. Brig Ottoman. [Sec. 45.]=

=1846.= Unsuccessful attempt to rescue slave on brig: _Wilson, Rise and Fall of the Slave Power, II. 54._

=35. Kennedy case. [Sec. 43.]=

=1847.= Riot in Carlisle, Penn.: _Liberator, Sept. 10, 27, 1847; Congressional Globe, 1860-61, pp. 801, 802, 908._

=36. Slaves on board Brazilian ship.=

=1847.= Attempt to rescue: _Wilson, Rise and Fall of the Slave Power, II. 53; Liberator, Aug. 20, 1847._

=37. Ohio and Kentucky controversy. [Sec. 48]=

=1848.= Controversy on account of extradition demanded: _Liberator, July 14, 1848._

=38. South Bend case.=

=1847, Oct. 9.= Fugitives discharged on trial in Michigan: _South Bend Fugitive Slave case._

=39. Brig Wm. Purrington.=

=1848.= Escape from: _Liberator, Dec. 31, 1848._

=40. Drayton and Sayres. [Sec. 50.]=

=1848.= Prosecution for aiding escapes: _Wilson, Rise and Fall of the Slave Power, II. 104._

=41. Crafts escape. [Sec. 69.]=

=1848.= Escape of William and Ellen Crafts: _Liberator, Nov. 1, 1850; Still, Underground Railroad, 368; Wilson, Rise and Fall of the Slave Power, II. 325._

=42. Washington case. [Sec. 39.]=

Between =1840-1850:= _Liberator, May 26, 1848._

=43. Hamlet case. [Sec. 53.]=

=1850.= Rendition in N. Y.: _Fugitive Slave Bill, its History and Unconstitutionality, with an Account of the Seizure of James Hamlet, 3; Wilson, Rise and Fall of the Slave Power, II. 304._

=44. Gannett case.=

=1850, Oct. 18.= Alleged fugitive discharged in Philadelphia: _Wilson, Rise and Fall of the Slave Power, II. 326; May, Fugitive Slave Law and its Victims, 8._

=45. Gibson case.=

=1850, Dec. 21.= Rendition of an innocent man: _Wilson, Rise and Fall of the Slave Power, II. 327; May, Fugitive Slave Law and its Victims, 8; Still, Underground Railroad, 349._

=46. Case in Pennsylvania.=

=1851, Jan.= House of colored man entered by force: _Liberator, Jan. 10, 1851._

=47. Sims case. [Sec. 54.]=

=1851.= Rendition in Boston: _Liberator, April 17 and 18, 1851; Daily Morning Chronicle, April 26, 1851; Twentieth Annual Report of Mass. Antislavery Society, 1855, p. 19; Wilson, Rise and Fall of the Slave Power, II. 333; New England Magazine, June, 1890; May, Fugitive Slave Law and its Victims, 16; Trial of Sims, Arguments by R. Rantoul, Jr. and C. G. Loring; C. F. Adams, Richard Henry Dana, I. 185-301._

=48. Shadrach case. [Sec. 57.]=

=1851, Feb.= Rendition in Boston: _Liberator, Feb. 21, May 30, 1851; Cong. Globe, 31 Cong. 2 Sess., Appendix, 238, 295, 510; Von Holst, III. 21; May, Fugitive Slave Law and its Victims, 10; Wilson, Rise and Fall of the Slave Power, II. 329; New England Magazine, May, 1890; Boston Traveller, Feb. 15, 1851; Boston Courier, Feb. 17, 1851; Washington National Era, Feb. 27, 1851; Statesman's Manual, III. 1919._

=49. Christiana case. [Sec. 60.]=

=1851, Sept.= Riot in Christiana: _Parker's account, The Freedman's Story, T. W. Higginson, Atlantic Monthly, Feb. and March, 1866; U. S. v. Hanway, Treason, 247; Smedley, Underground Railroad, 105, 107, 130, 223; May, Fugitive Slave Law, 14; Lunsford Lane, 114; Wilson, Rise and Fall of the Slave Power, II. 324; History of the Trial of Castner Hanway and others for Treason; N. Y. Tribune, Sept. 12, 1851, and Nov. 26 to Dec. 12; Greeley, American Conflict, I. 215; National Antislavery Standard, Sept. 18, 1851; Lowell Journal, Sept 19, 1851; Boston Daily Traveller, Sept. 12, 1851; Still, Underground Railroad, 348._

=50. Miller. [Sec. 61.]=

=1851, Nov.= Mr. Miller murdered: _Liberator, Feb. 4, 1853; Lunsford Lane, 113; May, Fugitive Slave Law, 15; Wilson, Rise and Fall of the Slave Power, II. 324._

=51. Jerry case. [Sec. 58.]=

=1851, Oct.= Rescue in Syracuse, N. Y.: _Liberator, Oct. 10 to 17, 1851; Life of Gerrit Smith, 117; Trial of H. W. Allen, 3; Wilson, Rise and Fall of the Slave Power, II. 327._

=52. Parker rescue.=

=1851, Dec. 31.= Rescue by Mr. Miller: _Wilson, Rise and Fall of the Slave Power, II. 324; May, Fugitive Slave Law and its Victims, 15; Liberator, 1853, Feb. 4; Lunsford Lane, 113._

=53. Brig Florence.=

=1853.= Rescue of slave on board by Mr. Bearse: _Bearse, Reminiscences of Fugitive Slave Days in Boston, 34._

=54. Lewis case.=

=1853.= Escape of Lewis from trial: _Liberator, Oct. 28, 1853._

=55. Glover case.=

=1854.= Joshua Glover rescued by a mob at Milwaukee: _Wilson, Rise and Fall of the Slave Power, 444; Liberator, April 7, 24, 1854._

=56. Bath.=

=1854.= Escape to Canada from ship from Florida: _Liberator, Oct. 6, 1854._

=57. Burns case. [Sec. 55.]=

=1854.= Rendition in Boston: _Liberator, May, June, 1854, Aug. 22, 1861; Kidnapping of Burns, Scrapbook collected by Theo. Parker; Personal Statement of Mr. Elbridge Sprague, N. Abington; Accounts in Boston Journal, May 27, 29, 1854; Daily Advertiser, May 26, 29, June 7, 8, July 17; Traveller, May 27, 29, June 2, 3, 6, 10, July 15, 18, Oct. 3, Nov. 29, Dec. 5, 7, 1854, April 3, 4, 10, 11, 1855; Evening Gazette, May 27, 1854; Worcester Spy, May 31; Argument of Mr. R. H. Dana; May, Fugitive Slave Law and its Victims, 256; Clarke, Antislavery Days, 87; Wilson, Rise and Fall of the Slave Power, II. 435; Stevens, History of Anthony Burns; Greeley, American Conflict I. 218; New York Tribune, May 26, 1854; Liberator, June 2, 9, 16, 1854; Von Holst VI. 62; Garrisons' Garrison, II. 201, III. 409; C. F. Adams, Dana, I. 262-330._

=58. Garner. [Sec. 56]=

=1856.= Rendition of a family in Ohio: _Liberator, Feb. 8, 22, 29, 1856; May, Fugitive Slave Law and its Victims, 37; Lunsford Lane, 119; Greeley, American Conflict, I. 219, Lalor's Cyclopaedia, I. 207; Wilson, Rise and Fall of the Slave Power, II. 446, 447._

=59. Williamson case.=

=1856, Jan.= Prosecution for aiding fugitives: _Wilson, Rise and Fall of the Slave Power, II. 448; May, Fugitive Slave Law and its Victims, 9, 34; Annual Report of American Antislavery Society, N. Y., May 7, 1856, p. 24; Narrative of the Facts in the Case of Passmore Williamson, Penn. Antislavery Society._

=60. Johnson case.=

=1856, July 16.= Rescue of slave on ship from Mobile: _Liberator, July 18, 1856._

=61. Gatchell case.=

=1857, Jan.= Rendition of Philip Young: _Chambers, Slavery and Color; Fugitive Slave Law, Appendix, 197._

=62. Oberlin-Wellington case. [Sec. 59]=

=1858.= Rescue at Wellington: _Liberator, Jan. 28, April 29, May 6, June 3, June 10, 1859; Shepherd, Oberlin-Wellington Rescue; Lunsford Lane, 179; Anglo-African Magazine (Oberlin-Wellington Rescue), 209; May, Fugitive Slave Law and its Victims, 108._

=63. John Brown's Raid. [Sec. 62.]=

=1858.= Raid in Missouri: _Sanborn, Life and Letters of John Brown, 420; Von Holst, John Brown, 104._

=64. Nalle case.=

=1859, April 28.= Rescue of Charles Nalle by a mob: _Bradford, Harriet, the Moses of her People, Appendix, 143; Liberator, May 4, 1860._

=65. Anderson case. [Sec. 23.]=

=1860.= Extradition case between U. S. and Canada: _Liberator, Dec. 3, 1860; Pamphlets on Anderson Case, Boston Public Library; Life of Gerrit Smith, 15; Liberator, Jan. 22, 1861._

=66. Wisdom case. [Sec. 91.]=

=1861.= Rendition by army officers: _Liberator, July 19, 1861._

=67. Major Sherwood's servant. [Sec. 91.]=

=1861.= Rendition ordered in army: _Liberator, July 19, 1861._

=68. Norfolk case.=

=1863.= Kidnapping by N. Y. Volunteers: _Liberator, March 27, 1863._

=69. Archer Alexander.=

=1863.= Fugitive during the war: _Archer Alexander._