Chapter XXX: Appendix: B

LIST OF IMPORTANT FUGITIVE SLAVE CASES

The following list is not intended to be exhaustive: it by no means includes all the cases illustrative of the work of the Underground Road, but it represents fairly well the various phases of that work, and does not intentionally omit any of the famous cases. Less than one half of the list here given will be found in Mrs. McDougall's _Fugitive Slaves_, Appendix D, pp. 124-128.

1. Early escape to Canada.

1748. Negro servant escapes from the English to Canada: _New York Colonial Manuscripts_, X, 209.

2. Case of ship _Friendship_.

1770. Harbored a slave: Moore, _Slavery in Massachusetts_, 117.

3. Somersett case.

1772. England refuses to return a fugitive slave: Moore, _Slavery in Massachusetts_, 117; Cobb, _Historical Sketch of Slavery_, 163; Goodell, _Slavery and Anti-Slavery_, 44-52; Hurd, _Law of Freedom and Bondage_, I, 189-193; Broom, _Constitutional Law_, 6-119; Howells, _State Trials_, XX, 1; Taswell-Langmead, _English Constitutional History_, 300, n.

4. Dalby's fugitive.

1786. Aided by Quakers in Philadelphia: Sparks, _Washington_, IX, 158; Applegarth, _Quakers of Pennsylvania_, 463.

5. Slave escaped from Drayton.

1786. Difficult to apprehend because, as Washington declared, there were "numbers who would rather facilitate the escape of slaves than apprehend them when runaways." Lund, _Origin of the Late War_, I, 20.

6. First recorded case of rescue. (Quincy's case.)

1793. Alleged fugitive rescued from the court-room in Boston: Edw. C. Learned, _Speech on the New Fugitive Slave Law_, Chicago, Oct. 25, 1850; Whittier, _Prose Works_, II, 129, "A Chapter of History"; Goodell, _Slavery and Anti-Slavery_, 232; _Boston Atlas_, Oct. 15, 1850; McDougall, _Fugitive Slaves_, 35.

7. Washington's fugitive.

1796, October. Public sentiment in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, prevents the return of a fugitive slave to President Washington: _Magazine of American History_, December, 1877, p. 759; Charles Sumner, _Works_, III, 177; McDougall, _Fugitive Slaves_, 35.

8. Columbia case.

1804. General Boude defends a runaway: Smedley, _Underground Railroad_, 26.

9. Case of Wright _vs._ Deacon.

1819. Trial before Supreme Court of Pennsylvania to determine status of an alleged runaway: 5 Sergeant and Rawle's _Reports_, 63.

10. Case of Hill _vs._ Low.

1822. Action brought in Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania for penalty under the law of 1793 for obstructing arrest of a fugitive: 4 Washington's _Circuit Court Reports_, 327.

11. Case of Commonwealth _vs._ Griffith.

1823. Prosecution in Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts of a slave-catcher for seizing without a warrant a runaway in New Bedford: 2 Pickering's _Reports_, 15.

12. Escape of Tice Davids.

1831. Mysterious disappearance of a slave at Ripley, Ohio, leads to the naming of the Underground Railroad: Rush R. Sloane, _Firelands Pioneer_, July, 1888, p. 35.

13. Dayton (Ohio) case.

1832, January. Rendition of the fugitive, Thomas Mitchell, at Dayton, Ohio, followed by the suicide of the negro, at Cincinnati, when on his way back to slavery: Howe, _Historical Collections of Ohio_, II, 554, 555.

14. Case of Johnson _vs._ Tompkins.

1833. Prosecution of a claimant for seizure and removal of his escaped slave from Pennsylvania to New Jersey; followed by counter prosecution of the abolitionists before Circuit Court of the United States: 1 Baldwin's _Circuit Court Reports_, 571; 13 _Federal Cases_, 840.

15. Case of Jack _vs._ Martin.

1835. Action under New York law for recovery of a fugitive from New Orleans: 12 Wendell's _Reports_, 311.

16. Basil Dorsey case.

1836. Trial and rescue of Dorsey in Bucks County, Pennsylvania: Smedley, _Underground Railroad_, 356-361; E. H. Magill, "When Men were Sold. The Underground Railroad in Bucks County," in _The Bucks County Intelligencer_, Feb. 3, 1898.

17. Matilda case.

1837. March. Rescue of a slave at Cincinnati, Ohio, on her way from Virginia to Missouri with her master. Later she was found in the employ of James G. Birney, who was tried for harboring the fugitive, while Matilda was remanded to her master: Schuckers, _Life and Public Services of S. P. Chase_, 41-44; Warden, _Private Life and Public Services of S. P. Chase_, 282-284; _8 Ohio Reports_.

18. Schooner _Boston_ case. (Georgia and Maine controversy.)

1837. Controversy between Georgia and Maine over a stowaway on the schooner _Boston_, who escaped through Maine to Canada: 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; McDougall, _Fugitive Slaves_, 41.

19. Case of Peter, _alias_ Lewis Martin.

1837. Fugitive adjudged to his claimant by Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York: 2 Paine's _Reports_, 350; _16 Federal Cases_, 881.

20. Philadelphia case.

1838. Attempted rescue of a captured fugitive by a crowd of colored people: _Liberator_, March 16, 1838.

21. Marion (Ohio) case.

1838. Rescue of a fugitive at Marion, Ohio, from the hands of his claimant, who sought to detain him after the decision of the court in the slave's favor: Aaron Benedict, _The Sentinel_, Mt. Gilead, Ohio, July 13, 1893.

22. Escape of Douglass.

1838. Escape of Frederick Douglass from Baltimore to New York: _Life and Times of Douglass_; Williams, _Negro Race in America_, II, 59, 422; Wilson, _Rise and Fall of the Slave Power_, I, 501, 502.

23. Isaac Gansey case. (Virginia and New York controversy.)

1839. Controversy between Virginia and New York over extradition of three negroes demanded by Virginia for aiding a slave to escape: _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; McDougall, _Fugitive Slaves_, 41.

24. Granville (Ohio) rescue case.

1841. Discharge of fugitive, John, after a hearing obtained through a writ of habeas corpus; followed by the departure of the negro over an underground route: Bushnell, _History of Granville_, Licking County, Ohio, 307, 308.

25. Burr, Work and Thompson case.

1841. Prosecution for aiding fugitive slaves in western Illinois: Wilson, _Rise and Fall of the Slave Power_, II, 71; Goodell, _Slavery and Anti-Slavery_, 440; Thompson, _Prison Life and Reflections_; Asbury, _History of Quincy, Illinois_, 74.

26. Van Zandt case. (Jones _vs._ Van Zandt.)

1842-1847. Prosecution for aiding runaways in southwestern Ohio; 5 Howard's _Reports_, 215; Letter of N. L. Van Sandt, Clarinda, Iowa; Wilson, _Rise and Fall of the Slave Power_, I, 475, 476; Cobb, _Historical Sketches of Slavery_, 207; 2 McLean's _Reports_, 612; Schuckers, _Life and Public Services of S. P. Chase_, 53-66; Warden, _Private Life and Public Services of S. P. Chase_, 296.

27. Prigg case. (Prigg _vs._ the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.)

1842. Prosecution for causing arrest and removal of a runaway contrary to provisions of a state law. Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States frees state officers from taking part in fugitive slave cases: 16 Peters' _Reports_, 539; _Report of Case of Edward Prigg_, Supreme Court, Pennsylvania; Cobb, _Historical Sketch of Slavery_; Bledsoe, _Liberty and Slavery_, 355; Clarke, _Anti-Slavery 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.

28. Latimer case.

1842. Famous fugitive slave case in Boston. Fugitive released by purchase: _Liberator_, Oct. 25, Nov. 11, Nov. 25, 1842, Feb. 3, 7, 17, 1843, and Aug. 16, 1844; _Law Reporter_, Latimer Case, March, 1843; _Eleventh Annual Report of Mass. Anti-Slavery Society_; _Mass. House Journal_, 1843, pp. 72, 158; _Mass. Senate Journal_, 1843, p. 232; Wilson, _Rise and Fall of the Slave Power_, I, 477; McDougall, _Fugitive Slaves_, 39, 40.

29. Milton Clark rescue case.

1842. September. Release of the fugitive, captured in Lake County, Ohio, by writ of habeas corpus in Ashtabula County, Ohio, followed by his disappearance by way of the Underground Railroad: _Geneva_ (Ohio) _Times_, Sept. 14, 1892.

30. Eells case.

1842-1852. Prosecution for harboring a slave in Adams County, Illinois: _5 Illinois Reports_, 498; 14 Howard's _Reports_, 13.

31. Case of Charles T. Torrey.

1843. Prosecution for attempt to abduct slaves from Virginia: Wilson, _Rise and Fall of the Slave Power_, II, 80.

32. Case of Delia A. Webster.

1844. Prosecution for attempt to abduct slaves from Kentucky: _Rev. Calvin Fairbank During Slavery Times_; _Chicago Tribune_, Jan. 29, 1893.

33. Case of Calvin Fairbank.

1844. Prosecution for attempt to abduct slaves from Kentucky: _Rev. Calvin Fairbank During Slavery Times_; _Chicago Tribune_, Jan. 29, 1893.

34. Marysville (Ohio) rendition case.

1844, September 10. Rendition of two fugitives captured on the Scioto River, near Marysville, Union County, Ohio: _Marysville Tribune_, May 17, 1893; Letter of Mahlon Pickrell, Zanesfield, Ohio, March 25, 1893.

35. Walker case.

1844. Prosecution for attempt to abduct slaves from Florida: 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; Wilson, _Rise and Fall of the Slave Power_, 83; McDougall, _Fugitive Slaves_, 42.

36. Case of State _vs._ Hoppess. (Watson case.)

1845. Action before the Supreme Court of Ohio on the circuit to secure the liberation of a recaptured slave: _2 Western Law Journal_, 279; Schuckers, _Life and Public Services of S. P. Chase_, 74-77; Warden, _Private Life and Public Services of S. P. Chase_, 309.

37. Case of Vaughan _vs._ Williams.

1845. Prosecution before the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Indiana for rescuing fugitive slaves: _3 Western Law Journal_, 65; _8 Law Reporter_, 375; _28 Federal Cases_, 1115; 3 McLean's _Reports_, 530.

38. Parish case. (Jane Garrison case.)

1845-1849. Prosecution of F. D. Parish for aiding fugitives at Sandusky, Ohio: _Firelands Pioneer_, July, 1888; Warden, _Private Life and Public Services of S. P. Chase_, 310; A. E. Lee, _History of Columbus, Ohio_, I, 598.

39. Toledo (Ohio) rescue case.

1847, February. Rescue of a fugitive from custody while his captor was being tried on a charge of assault and battery before a justice of the peace: Conversation with James M. Ashley, Toledo, Ohio, July, 1895, and with Mavor Brigham, Toledo, Ohio, Aug. 4, 1895.

40. Crosswhite rescue case. (Case of Giltner _vs._ Gorham.)

1847. Prosecution for obstructing arrest of fugitives at Marshall, Michigan: Pamphlet proposing a "Defensive League of Freedom," by E. G. Loring, and others, pp. 5, 6; 4 McLean's _Reports_, 402.

41. Kauffman case.

1848. Prosecution of Daniel Kauffman, of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, for aiding fugitives: E. G. Loring and others, Pamphlet proposing a "Defensive League of Freedom," pp. 5, 6.

42. Garrett case.

1848. Prosecution of Thomas Garrett, of Wilmington, Delaware, for aiding fugitive slaves: Still, _Underground Railroad Records_, 623-641; Smedley, _Underground Railroad_, 237-245; McDougall, _Fugitive Slaves_, 60; Wyman, _New England Magazine_, March, 1896.

43. Case of Drayton and Sayres. (Case of the schooner _Pearl_.)

1848, April 18. Prosecution for attempting abduction of slaves from Washington, D.C.: _Personal Memoir of Daniel Drayton_; Wilson, _Rise and Fall of the Slave Power_, II, 104; McDougall, _Fugitive Slaves_, 42.

44. Ohio and Kentucky controversy.

1848. Controversy on account of extradition of fifteen persons, charged with aiding fugitives, demanded by Kentucky: _Liberator_, July 14, 1848.

45. Craft escape.

1848. Escape of William and Ellen Craft: _Liberator_, Nov. 1, 1850; Still, _Underground Railroad_, 368; Clarke, _Anti-Slavery Days_, 83; Wilson, _Rise and Fall of the Slave Power_, II, 325; _New England Magazine_, January, 1890; McDougall, _Fugitive Slaves_, 59.

46. Case of Richard Dillingham.

1848, December. Prosecution for attempting to abduct slaves from Nashville, Tennessee: Benedict, _Memoir of Richard Dillingham_; Stowe, _Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin_, 58, 59; _Reminiscences of Levi Coffin_, 713-718; Howe, _Historical Collections of Ohio_, II, 590.

47. Clarksburgh (Indiana) case. (Case of Ray _vs._ Donnell and Hamilton.)

1849, May. Prosecution for aiding fugitive slave: 4 McLean's _Reports_, 504.

48. Case of Norris _vs._ Newton and others.

1849, September. Fugitives captured in Cass County, Michigan, discharged on trial at South Bend, Indiana, prosecution of those who interfered following: 5 McLean's _Reports_, 92.

49. First case under the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850. (Hamlet "kidnapping" case.)

1850, September 26. Rendition of James Hamlet, a free negro, living in New York City: _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; McDougall, _Fugitive Slaves_, 43, 44.

50. Chaplin case.

1850. Prosecution of William L. Chaplin for attempting to abduct slaves of Robert Toombs and Alexander H. Stephens from Washington, D.C.: Wilson, _Rise and Fall of the Slave Power_, II, 80-82; _Case of William R. Chaplin_, etc. (Boston, 1851), p. 54.

51. Sims case.

1851. Rendition in Boston: _Liberator_, April 17 and 18; _Daily Morning Chronicle_, April 26, 1851; _Twentieth Annual Report of Mass. Anti-Slavery Society_, 1855, p. 19; _Trial of Sims, Arguments by R. Rantoul, Jr., and C. G. Loring_; C. F. Adams, _Life of Richard Henry Dana_, I, 185-301; 7 Cushing's _Reports_, 287; Wilson, _Rise and Fall of the Slave Power_, II, 333; _New England Magazine_, June, 1890; McDougall, _Fugitive Slaves_, 44.

52. Shadrach case.

1851, February. Rescue in Boston: _Liberator_, Feb. 21, May 30, 1851; _Boston Traveller_, Feb. 15, 1851; _Boston Courier_, Feb. 17, 1851; _Washington National Era_, Feb. 27, 1851; _Cong. Globe_, 31 Cong., 2 Sess., Appendix, 238, 295, 510; May, _Fugitive Slave Law and its Victims_, 10; Wilson, _Rise and Fall of the Slave Power_, II, 329; Von Holst, III, 21; _Statesman's Manual_, III, 1919; _New England Magazine_, May, 1890; McDougall, _Fugitive Slaves_, 47, 48; Rhodes, _History of the United States_, I, 209, 210, 290.

53. Christiana case.

1851, September. Riot in Christiana, Pennsylvania, caused by attempt to arrest and remove fugitives, followed by trial on the charge of treason of the persons alleged to have prevented the arrest: 2 Wallace Jr.'s _Reports_, 159; _9 Legal Intelligencer_, 22; _4 American Law Journal_, n. s., 458; _9 Western Law Journal_, 103; _26 Federal Cases_, 105; Still, _Underground Railroad_, 348-368; "Parker's account," "The Freedman's Story," T. W. Higginson, _Atlantic Monthly_, Feb. and March, 1866; _U. S. vs. Hanway, Treason_, 247; May, _Fugitive Slave Law and its Victims_, 14; _History of the Trial of Castner Hanway and others for Treason_; _N. Y. Tribune_, Sept. 12, 1851, and Nov. 26 to Dec. 12; _Boston Daily Traveller_, Sept. 12, 1851; _National Anti-Slavery Standard_, Sept. 18, 1851; _Lowell Journal_, Sept. 19, 1851; Smedley, _Underground Railroad_, 107-130; Wilson, _Rise and Fall of the Slave Power_, II, 328, 329; McDougall, _Fugitive Slaves_, 50, 51; Rhodes, _History of the United States_, I, 222-224.

54. Jerry rescue.

1851, October. Rescue of Jerry McHenry in Syracuse, New York: _Liberator_, Oct. 10-17, 1851; S. J. May, _Recollections of the Anti-Slavery Conflict_, 349-364; _Life of Gerrit Smith_, 117; _Trial of H. W. Allen_, 3; Wilson, _Rise and Fall of the Slave Power_, II, 305, 306; E. W. Seward, _Seward at Washington as Senator and Secretary of State_, I, 169, 170; McDougall, _Fugitive Slaves_, 44, 47-51.

55. Parker rescue.

1851, December 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.

56. Brig Florence rescue.

1853. Rescue of a slave on board by Capt. Austin Bearse: Bearse, _Reminiscences of Fugitive Slave-Law Days in Boston_, 34.

57. Case of Oliver _vs._ Weakley and others.

1853. Prosecution before the United States Circuit Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania in October term for harboring fugitives: 2 Wallace Jr.'s _Reports_, 324.

58. Louis case.

1853, October. Escape of the fugitive, Louis, from the court-room while on trial in Cincinnati: _Liberator_, Oct. 28, 1853; _Reminiscences of Levi Coffin_, 548-554.

59. Bellefontaine (Ohio) rescue case.

1852, November. Discharge of the Piatt slaves from custody by the probate judge of Logan County, followed by their escape over the Underground Railroad: _Logan County Gazette_, November, 1852; Letter of the Hon. Robert T. Kennedy, Bellefontaine, Jan. 22, 1893; Conversation with Judge Wm. H. West, Bellefontaine, Aug. 11, 1894; Letter of R. H. Johnston, Belle Centre, Ohio, Sept. 22, 1894.

60. Case of Miller _vs._ McQuerry.

1853, August. Rendition of a fugitive, for several years a resident near Troy, Ohio, by the Circuit Court of the United States at Cincinnati, Ohio: 5 McLean's _Reports_, 481; 10 _Western Law Journal_, 528; 17 _Federal Cases_, 335; May, The _Fugitive Slave Law and its Victims_, 28; _History of Darke County, Ohio_, 324, 325.

61. Mitchell's case.

1853. Prosecution of Mitchell, an abolitionist of Indiana, Pennsylvania, for harboring slaves: 2 Wallace Jr.'s _Reports_, 313; _Pittsburgh Dispatch_, Feb. 13, 1898.

62. Glover rescue case. (Case of Ableman _vs._ Booth.)

1854, March 10. Rescue of Joshua Glover by a mob at Milwaukee; followed by the prosecution of Sherman M. Booth, one of the rescuers, and a conflict between the Supreme Court of Wisconsin and the Supreme Court of the United States: _Liberator_, April 7, 24, 1854; Wilson, _Rise and Fall of the Slave Power_, II, 444; Mason, _The Fugitive Slave Law in Wisconsin with Reference to Nullification Sentiment_, 1895; C. C. Olin, _A Complete Record of the John Olin Family_, 1893; Byron Paine and A. D. Smith, _Unconstitutionality of the Fugitive Slave Act_. _Argument of A. D. Smith_, Milwaukee, 1854. Wisconsin Supreme Court, _Unconstitutionality of the Fugitive Slave Act, Decision in case of Booth and Rycraft_.

63. Burns case.

1854, May 24. Rendition of Anthony Burns in Boston: _Liberator_, May, June, 1854, Aug. 22, 1861; _Kidnapping of Burns_, Scrapbook collected by Theodore 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; Stevens, _History of Anthony Burns_; _New York Tribune_, May 26, 1854; Clarke, _Anti-Slavery Days_, 87; Greeley, _American Conflict_, I, 218; Wilson, _Rise and Fall of the Slave Power_, II, 435; Von Holst, VI, 62; Garrisons' _Garrison_, II, 201, III, 409; C. F. Adams, _Dana_, I, 262-330; Rhodes, _History of the United States_, I, 500-506; T. W. Higginson, _Atlantic Monthly_, March, 1897, 349-354; McDougall, _Fugitive Slaves_, 45; Lillie B. C. Wyman, _New England Magazine_, July, 1890.

64. Sloane case.

1854. Prosecution of Rush R. Sloane before the District Court of the United States at Columbus, Ohio, for dismissing fugitives from the custody of their captors at Sandusky, Ohio: 5 McLean's _United States Reports_, 64; Rush R. Sloane and H. F. Paden, _Firelands Pioneer_, 47-49, 21-22.

65. Rosetta case.

1855, March. Release of the slave girl, Rosetta, by writ of habeas corpus from the possession of her master, who brought her voluntarily to Columbus, Ohio; followed some time later by the seizure and removal of the girl, and the pursuit of her captors to Cincinnati, where they were compelled by legal process to give her up: Warden, _Private Life and Public Services of S. P. Chase_, 344, 345; A. E. Lee, _History of Columbus, Ohio_, I, 602, 603.

66. Erican case.

1855, May 28. Unsuccessful attempt at Columbus, Ohio, to persuade two slave girls to leave their master, P. Erican, a Frenchman from New Orleans, _en route_ with his family to Europe: Lee, _History of Columbus, Ohio_, 603.

67. Margaret Garner case.

1856, January. Rendition of Margaret Garner at Cincinnati, Ohio, after she had killed one of her children to prevent its return to bondage: _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; James Monroe, _Oberlin Thursday Lectures, Addresses and Essays_, 116; Schuckers, _Life and Public Services of S. P. Chase_, 171-176; Warden, _Private Life and Public Services of S. P. Chase_, 346-350.

68. Williamson case.

1856, January. Prosecution for aiding fugitives: _Narrative of the Facts in the Case of Passmore Williamson_, Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society; _Annual Report of the American Anti-Slavery Society_, New York, May 7, 1856, p. 24; May, _Fugitive Slave Law and its Victims_, 9, 34; Wilson, _Rise and Fall of the Slave Power_, II, 448.

69. Johnson rescue case.

1856, July 16. Rescue of slave on ship from Mobile: _Liberator_, July 18, 1856.

70. Gatchell case.

1857, January. Rendition of Philip Young: Chambers, _Slavery and Color_; _Fugitive Slave Law_, Appendix, 197.

71. Addison White case.

1857, May 15. Prosecution of Udney Hyde and others for aiding the fugitive, Addison White, at Mechanicsburg, Champaign County, Ohio: Beer, _History of Clark County, Ohio_; Howe, _Historical Collections of Ohio_, I, 384-386; Schuckers, _Life and Public Services of S. P. Chase_, 177-182; Warden, _Private Life and Public Services of S. P. Chase_, 350, 351.

72. Oberlin-Wellington rescue case.

1858, September 13. Rescue of the boy, John, at Wellington, Ohio, followed by the prosecution of two rescuers, and the indictment of four of the slave-catchers: Shipherd, _History of the Oberlin-Wellington Rescue_; _Liberator_, Jan. 28, April 29, May 6, June 3, 10, 1859; Cleveland (Ohio) _Plain Dealer_, July 6, 1859; _Lunsford Lane_, 179; _Anglo-African Magazine_ (Oberlin-Wellington Rescue), 209; May, _Fugitive Slave Law and its Victims_, 108; _New Englander_, XVII, 686.

73. Nuckolls case.

1858, December. Prosecution of Nuckolls of Nebraska City, Nebraska, for injuring a person who remonstrated against his search for fugitives: Rev. John Todd, Tabor (Iowa) _Beacon_, 1890-91, Chapter XXI, of a series of articles entitled "The Early Settlement and Growth of Western Iowa."

74. John Brown's raid.

1858, December 20. Abduction of twelve slaves from Missouri, who were conducted directly through to Canada: Sanborn, _Life and Letters of John Brown_, 480-483; Redpath, _Public Life of Capt. John Brown_, 219-221; Hinton, _John Brown and His Men_, 30-32, 221, 222; Von Holst, _John Brown_, 104; I. B. Richman, _John Brown among the Quakers, and Other Sketches_, 46-48; _Life of Frederick Douglass_, 1881, 280, 281, 318, 319; McDougall, _Fugitive Slaves_, 51, 52.

75. Charles Nalle case. (Troy, New York, rescue case.)

1859, April 28. _Troy Whig_, April 28, 1859; Bradford, _Harriet, the Moses of Her People_, 143-149; _History of the County of Albany, N. Y., from 1609-1886_, p. 765; _Liberator_, May 4, 1860.

76. Jim Gray case.

1859, October 20. Dismissal of fugitive from arrest by decision of State Supreme Court at Ottawa, Illinois, followed by the rescue of the slave from the custody of the United States marshal, and the prosecution of several of the rescuers: _Ottawa_ (Ill.) _Republican_, Nov. 9, 1891; _Pontiac_ (Ill.) _Sentinel_, 1891-92; Speech of John Hossack, convicted of violation of the Fugitive Slave Law, before Judge Drummond of the United States District Court, Chicago, Ill. (New York, 1860.)

77. Sheldon and Woodford case.

1860, March. Prosecution of Edward Sheldon and Newton Woodford, of Tabor, Iowa, for aiding fugitives: Rev. John Todd, _Tabor_ (Iowa) _Beacon_, 1890-91, Chapter XXI, of series of articles on "The Early Settlement and Growth of Western Iowa."

78. Anderson case.

1860. Extradition case between United States and Canada: _Pamphlets on Anderson Case_, Boston Public Library; _Life of Gerrit Smith_, 15; _Liberator_, Dec. 3, 1860, Jan. 22, 1861; _British Documents_, Parliament of Great Britain, "Correspondence Respecting Case of Fugitive Slave, Anderson," London, 1861.

79. Cleveland (Ohio) rendition case.

1861. Rendition of the fugitive slave, Lucy, in Cleveland, Ohio, to her master, Wm. S. Goshorn, of Wheeling, West Virginia: _Cleveland Herald_, date unknown.

80. Iberia (Ohio) whipping case.

1861, November. Prosecution of the Rev. George Gordon, Principal of Iberia College, for "resisting process" in the hands of a United States deputy marshal, who was endeavoring to capture a fugitive slave on the night of Sept. 20, 1860. The deputy and his assistants were caught, disarmed, taken to the woods and whipped. Principal Gordon witnessed without protest the last ten or fifteen lashes, and for so doing was sentenced to six months' confinement in the county jail, to pay a fine of $300, and the costs of prosecution--$1000 or $1500 more: Rev. George Gordon in the _Principia_, Nov. 29, 1861.

81. John Dean case.

1862, June. Prosecution of John Dean, a prominent lawyer of Washington, D.C., for protecting his client, an alleged fugitive just released, from a second arrest: Noah Brooks, _Washington in Lincoln's Time_, 197, 198.